Tamara Skjolden, RMFT, RCC
Individual therapy and interpersonal process groups for a deeper, more connected way of living
Welcome
Real change is possible. Not the kind where you just learn to cope better, but the kind where something actually shifts inside you.
I’m not interested in surface fixes. And if you’re here, chances are you aren’t either.
I work from a place of respect, honesty and genuine curiosity. I try to be as real as I humanly can. I am committed to my own personal growth and to continually strengthening my clinical abilities.
Some people come for deep individual work. Others find that healing happens most powerfully inside a group, where human connection becomes part of the work itself. There’s a place for both here. If something in you is ready, I’d love to hear from you.
I have been practicing psychotherapy for over 25 years. My training is grounded primarily in Family Systems, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP). These approaches pay close attention to where we came from, the parts we carry, and what gets in the way of us feeling whole.
The first group any of us ever belonged to was our family. That is where we learned how to be seen, how to be loved, and what to do when we weren’t. Group therapy works because it brings all of that into the room. And individual therapy works because sometimes you need someone attuned entirely to you to help you find what parts of you got lost along the way.
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
I practiced psychotherapy for years before I discovered ISTDP through my own experience as a client. Having experienced many different therapeutic approaches, I found that ISTDP addressed gaps in both my personal and professional life that I didn’t even realize were there. I knew immediately I had to learn everything I could about it. That was 2017. It changed everything about how I work.
After years of specialized training and thousands of hours of supervised practice, I have settled more into what I know. I trust what I have learned. And I bring all of it into the room with you.
If you have tried therapy before and still felt like something was missing…I think I know what you mean.
ONLINE GROUPS
Early in my career I joined an interpersonal process group for therapists and walked out more myself than I had ever been. My dream was born and I knew that one day I would hold a room like that. I also knew I was not ready yet. I needed more years, more life, more of my own reckoning.
Now I am ready.
I cannot think of anything more exciting than stepping into the unknown with a group of people who are brave enough to do the same. I have been waiting a long time to hold that space. I am so glad you found your way here.
