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 deep 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 deepening my clinical skills.
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 in Family Systems and ISTDP (Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy), and what those two things share is a belief that we cannot fully understand a person without understanding the systems they came from.
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 got lost along the way.
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
I practiced psychotherapy for years before I discovered ISTDP – as a client. I had experienced many different therapy approaches over the years and ISTDP filled in gaps I didn’t even know I had. I knew immediately I had to learn it. That was 2017. It changed everything about how I work.
After years of specialized training and thousands of hours of practice, I have stopped chasing the next thing. I trust what I have learned. And I bring all of it into the room with you.
If you have tried therapy before and felt like something was still 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. 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.