Tamra Priestley, LCMHC

Tamra Priestley is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in Utah who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, and intimacy concerns. She emphasizes practical skills people can use between sessions and focuses on helping clients build a better relationship with themselves first. Her background includes lived experience with recovery from anxiety and depression, and she draws on that in her work.

Tamra uses straightforward conversations and skill-building to address issues like trauma, low self-esteem, grief, and addictions. She also supports people facing parenting strain, career changes, and the emotional effects of divorce or adoption. Sessions often include homework that reinforces progress outside the room.

Her professional path includes roles in three independent practices and work providing services for employee groups, including first responders and law enforcement personnel and their families. She has also worked with older adults facing end-of-life issues. These experiences shape a practical approach to care.

Tamra blends several therapeutic approaches when it fits the person she is working with, including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, emotionally focused ideas, and existential perspectives. She aims to help people regain motivation, confidence, and a greater sense of purpose.

People who choose Tamra can expect direct, compassionate guidance and tools to use outside sessions. She encourages learning that extends into daily life so healing continues between meetings.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the client feels heard and can explore what matters most. It helps with building self-understanding and improving self-care habits.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It teaches practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships. It includes techniques for distress tolerance and clearer communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tamra will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can change as people progress, and she encourages trying different tools to see what helps most.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as shorter check-ins during a break or avoiding travel time. It also lets people continue care when schedules or local options are limited. Session formats are not specified in the profile, so confirm current options before booking to match a format to practical needs and daily routines.