- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Depression
About Tabatha
Tabatha Bassey is a licensed social worker with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are coping with trauma, parenting stresses, depression, and major life changes. Her approach centers on practical steps and steady support for people feeling overwhelmed or burned out.
She begins by listening to each person's story and clarifying immediate concerns. Sessions focus on building coping skills, improving communication, and setting manageable goals. Tabatha emphasizes strengths people already have and ways to use those skills day to day.
Background and approach
Her background includes long work with trauma, compassion fatigue, and parenting-related strain. She also has experience with issues such as adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, substance use, and isolation. This range helps her tailor sessions to common patterns that come up around loss and change.
In therapy she uses evidence-based techniques to help people reduce distress and build routines that support emotional stability. Conversations are practical and paced to match what each person needs in the moment. The goal is clearer thinking and more reliable coping between sessions.
Tabatha practices in Michigan and works in English. She accepts international clients and offers flexible session formats to fit different schedules. People who want straightforward guidance and steady support often find her style useful.
What Tabatha works with
Everything Tabatha lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tabatha helps people with.
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches that guide online sessions
Tabatha uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address practical needs. One approach focuses on building coping skills for stress and depression by teaching short, actionable strategies people can use between sessions. This helps with mood regulation and daily routine when life feels overwhelming.Another common approach concentrates on trauma-informed care, which means recognizing how past harm affects current feelings and relationships. Work here often includes grounding techniques, pacing difficult memories, and strengthening safety and routine. These steps can reduce intense reactions and improve day-to-day functioning.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they adjust methods and pace so the approach matches the person rather than forcing a single model.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives. Video calls let the therapist and client meet face to face while saving commute time. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins or when a shorter touchpoint is needed. These formats make it easier to schedule sessions around parenting duties, work, or other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Tabatha
What concerns does Tabatha commonly help with?
She helps people coping with trauma and abuse, parenting stress, depression, compassion fatigue, and life changes. Additional areas include adoption and foster care, attachment, substance issues, and isolation.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative, focusing on clear coping skills and small goals. Sessions aim to be down-to-earth and paced to what each person needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working with people facing trauma, parenting challenges, depression, and related concerns. That experience spans a range of settings and problem areas.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker, and practices in Michigan.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. This lets people choose a format that fits their daily routine.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is handled through a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to availability.
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