Tammy Piotter
Hello ~ my name is Tammy Piotter and I'm a Licensed Mental Health Counselor based out of New York state. I've been working in the field for 15 years and enjoy the opportunities to connect with others in a meaningful way. Coming along beside them to begin the process of creating the life they desire and deserve is my personal goal.
My experience in working with individuals and groups with moderate to severe diagnoses allows me to connect with diverse others with compassion.
My experience in working with individuals and groups with moderate to severe diagnoses allows me to connect with diverse others with compassion.
First session
During our initial session, clients can expect to feel welcomed and heard. Unconditional positive regard is one of my core values. In addition, I provide active listening to assist me in building an understanding of them as individuals, so that we can identify their needs. I truly enjoy getting to know my clients.
Strengths
Strengths that I embody as a provider include; a natural tendency to provide openness, which seems to allow clients to feel unjudged and safe in sharing their stories.
Ideal clients
My dream clients have tended to be varied in age, ethnicity and orientations. Having worked for many years in an intensive outpatient setting with individuals with severe mental health diagnoses, as well as those with lower level symptoms allows me to feel comfortable with our diverse populations and varied needs. It is also helpful to work with clients who are willing to risk being transparent in a safe nonjudgmental space.
Treatment methods
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing is one of my primary modalities of treatment. MI allows me to connect with my clients on a personal level and jointly explore what matters most to them. Identifying the why behind goals and needs can be challenging yet invigorating on the wellness journey in therapy. My experiences with this method include providing group, online and individual therapy sessions.
Solution Focused Brief Treatment
Solution Focused treatment gives me the opportunity to begin to jointly chart a path early on in the treatment process that identifies the desired end results and primary needs of the individual(s). This modality helps to create a clearer foundation for achieving goals and desires.
Faith based therapy
One of the options that I've found supportive in treatment is exploring the individual's faith and spiritual beliefs, and how they may be helpful on their journey to mental wellness. Spirituality is sometimes an overlooked opportunity to draw out and connect or reconnect the client with their faith of choice. I've had the privilege of leading group classes on Spirituality for many years in an intensive outpatient facility. Individuals often expressed gratitude in being able to add and utilize their faith in their recovery process.
Psychoanalytic
My use of this method allows me to take some time to better understand the individual(s) I am working with. Building awareness and exploring how their current concerns or explore prior situations that may be impacting their abilities to manage symptoms of concern or achieve desired goals.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Black / African American
Woman
Top specialties
Life Transitions
Self Esteem
Trauma and PTSD
Other specialties
ADHD
Addiction
Anger Management
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Career Counseling
Coping Skills
Depression
Domestic Violence
Spirituality
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Couples Counseling
Elders (65 and above)
Gender-fluid
Individual Therapy
Man
Non-binary
Transgender
Woman
Doesn't specialize in
Family Conflict
Family Therapy
Fertility & Reproduction Issues
High Clinical Acuity
Medication Management
Licensed in
New YorkLicense 007313