About Tamara
Tamara "Tammy" Hardcastle Stickler is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people navigate relationship problems, family stress, grief and parenting challenges. She focuses on practical support for self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes. Tammy aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and encouraging.
Her approach centers on listening first and building on the strengths each person brings. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them name goals and move toward them.
How Tamara works
Conversations are straightforward and focused on what will make daily life easier. Tammy works with people facing adoption and foster care concerns, aging and geriatric issues, cancer, and caregiving stress. She also supports those coping with chronic illness or pain, hospice and end-of-life matters, and postpartum challenges.
Communication problems, control issues, forgiveness, and isolation are also areas she addresses. Sessions can help when life feels stuck because of mood shifts, questions about life purpose, or transitions at work. Tammy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person’s needs.
She helps clients try practical steps between sessions and track what changes. Based in California, Tammy speaks English and brings two decades of clinical experience to each case. She seeks to create a calm, respectful space for people to sort through what matters most.
Taking a first step can be hard, and she aims to make that step clearer and more hopeful.
What Tamara works with
The areas below are the ones Tamara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online support
Tammy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear goals and measurable steps. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful patterns and replace them with concrete coping skills to manage mood, stress, or parenting demands. Another approach emphasizes strengths and problem-solving to address relationship strain, career transitions, and life purpose concerns.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Tammy will work with each person to decide which techniques fit their concerns, goals, and comfort level. She adapts methods over time and checks in regularly to see what is helping and what needs to change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and have longer conversations, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick reflections, ongoing support between sessions, or when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep progress moving forward.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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