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Tamara Banks, LPC
West Virginia
LPC - Anxiety and Trauma focused
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Solution-Focused work
- Trauma-Focused care
About Tamara
Tamara Banks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in West Virginia with 22 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, relationship and family difficulties, addictions, grief, and related problems.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Client-Centered methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change patterns. She also uses Solution-Focused and Trauma-Focused approaches when those methods fit the situation. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on skills that can be used between meetings.
Tamara has worked with school-aged children through adults, including clients dealing with PTSD, self-harm, and complex trauma. Her background includes a Master of Counseling and an Educational Specialist degree in Counselor Supervision from Marshall University Graduate College, and she teaches there as an adjunct professor.
Her work often addresses family-related themes such as blended family issues, adoption and foster care, and caregiver stress. She also helps people with body image, self-esteem, communication problems, and coping with major life changes. More specific focuses include abandonment, commitment concerns, and co-morbidity situations.
Tamara aims to match the approach to each person’s goals and preferences. She schedules appointments around her school counseling work and asks people to propose times that suit them once they decide to work together. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange the first session.
How Tamara uses structured approaches in online work
Tamara commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in her practice. CBT helps people identify and change thought and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety or depression. Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on processing traumatic memories and building coping strategies for symptoms that follow abuse or severe stress.She also draws on Client-Centered principles, which emphasize listening and responding to what the client says about their goals. Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review needs, preferences, and goals and then decide together which methods to try and how to track progress.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the session formats offered before booking since formats were not specified in the original biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow a shorter check-in when needed, or reduce the time spent traveling. The practical aim is to help people use skills and homework between meetings and to fit therapy into everyday life without changing the clinical focus.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
West Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting and family difficulties, addictions, grief, eating and anger issues, and related concerns.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new responses. Sessions focus on practical skills and exercises to practice between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has 22 years of counseling experience and holds a Master of Counseling and an Educational Specialist in Counselor Supervision from Marshall University Graduate College.
What credentials and region apply to her practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in West Virginia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients schedule sessions?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to start working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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