About Tammy
Dr. Tammy Freeman helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She supports those facing relationship struggles, parenting strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and addiction concerns.
Her work also addresses self-esteem, anger, career decisions, and compassion fatigue. Dr. Freeman practices in New Jersey and brings 21 years of experience to sessions.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on what matters now and small steps that create change.
Background and approach
She aims to create a calm space where people can breathe, notice patterns, and try new ways of handling hard moments. Her background includes work in hospitals, nonprofit agencies, and independent practice. Before counseling, she taught elementary school, which shaped her patience and plainspoken style.
That mix of settings gave her experience with a wide range of life challenges and community needs. Dr. Freeman uses several approaches depending on the issue and the person.
Client-centered methods prioritize the person’s perspective and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Psychodynamic ideas help uncover patterns from the past, and solution-focused techniques target immediate, achievable changes.
Sessions move at a practical pace. Dr. Freeman listens, offers observations, and helps people try simple tools between meetings.
She invites people to describe their own version of happiness and then works with them to make that clearer and more attainable.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Dr. Freeman commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide online work. Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person’s goals and views, helping someone feel heard and then build steps from their own priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on how thoughts and actions keep problems going and offers practical tools to change those patterns.She approaches treatment as a team effort. Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process, and she works with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning helps set clear short-term goals and decide what to try between sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can fit into short breaks or when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging lets people share thoughts between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, New York
- Languages
- English