Tammy Quarles , LPC

Tammy Quarles is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi with 23 years of experience supporting people through personal and professional transitions. She brings extensive experience working with stress, anxiety, self-esteem, career challenges, ADHD, relationship and family concerns, grief and parenting issues, anger, caregiving stress, and compassion fatigue, among other areas.

Grounded in a strengths-based, collaborative approach, she helps clients identify practical strategies and build resilience while honoring each person as the expert of their own story. Her style emphasizes empathy, active listening, and tailoring interventions to individual needs, whether the focus is coping with life changes, exploring life purpose, addressing impulse control, or improving social and emotional functioning.

Tammy integrates client-centered methods alongside mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing to support sustainable change and clearer decision-making. She is experienced in offering coaching-oriented guidance for career and financial concerns as well as therapeutic support for postpartum challenges, trauma-related responses, and first responder stress.

Tammy holds the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and maintains her license in Mississippi under MS LPC 0937. She is not currently accepting new clients.

Approachable therapeutic methods and online care

Tammy uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where the client's experience guides the work - this approach helps people explore values, clarify goals, and build self-trust when facing life transitions or relationship challenges.

She also incorporates mindfulness therapy, teaching practical attention and breathing strategies that can reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation for anxiety, panic symptoms, and stress-related difficulties. Motivational interviewing is another tool she employs to help clients resolve ambivalence and strengthen motivation for change, which can be useful for career shifts, habit change, or managing impulsivity.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Tammy works collaboratively with each person to select and adapt methods based on their needs, goals, and personal preferences. She aims to tailor sessions so techniques feel relevant and achievable.

Online therapy with Tammy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during busy periods, to access support from home, and to use brief check-ins or longer sessions depending on what best supports progress.