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Tamara Spears

MI LMSW 6801085567
Credentials
MI LMSW 6801085567
NPI Number
1053402677
Location
Michigan
Languages
English
Tamara Spears

Accepting new clients

25 years experience | Counselor of Color
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About Tamara Spears

Greetings and welcome!

I am a 20 year veteran in the field of human services stemming from social services work inpatient and outpatient therapy. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, OCD and Adult ADHD. I also helped many people who experience anger issues and past trauma or emotional abuse.

My counseling style is person-centered, warm and interactive. I believe in treating anyone I encounter with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and I don’t believe in stigmatizing labels. My approach includes but are not limited to, a combination of solution-focused, supportive, cognitive-behavioral, dialectical behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic and motivational Interviewing. I will tailor our dialogue and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs.

As you take those courageous steps towards change, I will be alongside you to guide, support, motivate, and encourage you towards a more fulfilling and happier life.

I look forward to working with you!

Licenses

LMSW
6801085567

Professional experience

  • Addictions
  • ADHD
  • Anger management
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Career difficulties
  • Coaching
  • Compassion fatigue
  • Coping with life changes
  • Depression
  • Eating disorders
  • Family conflicts
  • Grief
  • Intimacy-related issues
  • LGBT
  • Parenting issues
  • Relationship issues
  • Self esteem
  • Sleeping disorders
  • Stress, Anxiety
  • Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

  • Abandonment
  • Attachment issues
  • Body image
  • Caregiver issues and stress
  • Co-morbidity
  • Codependency
  • Communication problems
  • Divorce and separation
  • Forgiveness
  • Guilt and shame
  • Impulsivity
  • Isolation / loneliness
  • Life purpose
  • Money and financial issues
  • Mood disorders
  • Multicultural concerns
  • Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
  • Panic disorder and panic attacks
  • Post-traumatic stress
  • Self-love
  • Sexuality
  • Social anxiety and phobia
  • Women's issues
  • Workplace issues
  • Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment-Based Therapy
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

  • English

15 Reviews

“Tamara Spears is as exceptionally competent psychotherapist with considerable expertise in several areas. She is very professional, extremely empathic and mindful of boundaries. She has a whole range of techniques available to her which she selects according to the situation and can move with ease among them, explaining what she is doing when necessary. So far, the therapy has been extremely useful. And she seems like a really nice person too.”

“Tamara has done wonders for my mental health and has been nothing but supportive in everything I bring to every session”

“Tamara has changed my life. Everything I wanted, she was able to help me achieve and my life is better for it. An amazing therapist, extremely easy to talk to and she's always there for you. She's definitely someone I'll never forget.”

“She’s been amazing helping me through my life situations”

“Tamara is one of the rare special people in this world. She is incredibly insightful and can discuss infinite topics with credibility and expertise. Tamara’s professionalism and integrity is second to none. I can always look forward to prepared and structured conversations. Most of all, I appreciate how present she is during our sessions. Tamara makes it easy to discuss difficult topics because it is the only topic on the table. As I said before, very special individual.”

“She’s been great to work with and is always flexible with changing conditions”

“I love Tamara. She does well on getting you to open up and being honest with yourself.”

“Tamara is the perfect therapist for me. She is kind but very straightforward in telling you where the work is. She gives homework that directly addresses the issues being worked on. Tamara helps you work to reframe unhelpful thoughts and formulate ideas and strategies to move forward with creating healthier choices to maintain high levels of mental health.”

“She's great.”

“Tamara Spears-Yavo is a very real, kind, and resourceful therapist. I greatly appreciate the privilege her helping me and I always look forward to working with her every session. Thank you Tamara for your service, your work is highly appreciated!”

“Tamara has been working with me for a month and so far so good. She's a great listener, offers effective solutions to some things I'm dealing with currently, and has shown her expertise in how to handle my situations.”

“Tamara is wonderful! A pleasure to speak to and really listens well and responds with insightful and useful actionable insights. I very much have valued my time with her and would recommend her counseling very much!”

“Tamara is an amazing resource and coach. She's helped me break down so many walls in my life, and tackle problems in healthful ways. She is an incredible person who is helping me change my life for the better.”

“Understanding, helpful, relatable. Wonderful person to talk to”

“Very kind and helpful definitely recommend!”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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