About Tammi
Tammi Hawkes-August is a licensed professional counselor in California with six years of counseling experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with depression, stress, anxiety, and addiction. Tammi aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable and supportive.
She works in a straightforward way and treats each person as the expert of their own life. Sessions focus on building strengths, improving motivation, and boosting self-esteem and confidence.
Background and approach
Tammi listens for what matters most and helps clients set small, usable goals. Many clients come to talk about past trauma or abuse, and Tammi provides steady support while people process those experiences. She also helps with chronic pain, illness, or disability when those issues affect mood and daily functioning.
Conversations often include improving sleep, managing stress, and reducing substance-related harm. Communication and relationship skills are another practical focus. Tammi helps people work through communication problems, workplace stress, and feelings of isolation or loneliness.
She also supports those exploring life purpose, forgiveness, and self-love. Sessions are offered in English and are available to people both in California and internationally. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each persons needs, so clients can move forward at a rate that feels right.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Tammi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One common approach she uses helps people learn coping skills for anxiety and depression through goal-setting, behavioral changes, and step-by-step practice to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. Another approach centers on processing traumatic experiences and the feelings that follow, helping people make sense of what happened and build strategies to manage triggers and reduce distress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Tammi talks with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasnt worked before. Together they try methods that fit the persons needs and adjust the plan over time based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls let people have a more traditional session feel, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflections, or when someone needs a quick way to stay connected between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or travel.
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Also listed
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English