- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Couples and parenting
- Attachment work
About Tameka
Tameka McFarland is an LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) practicing in North Carolina with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults 18 and up on relationship and family concerns, intimacy and parenting challenges, and issues like anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem. She also supports people facing life changes, compassion fatigue, and LGBT-related concerns.
Her work often focuses on how emotions and attachment shape day-to-day relationships. She helps couples who are dating, planning marriage, married, or considering separation address emotional problems that affect intimacy. She sees individuals who want clearer communication, better boundaries, or help coping with stress and loss.
Tameka uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy as one of her core approaches. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, Client-Centered methods, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide sessions. In practice she talks through emotions, patterns, and concrete behaviors to help people recognize what changes might help.
Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Human Development and Family Studies from UNC Greensboro and a Master of Science from Capella University. She has been licensed since December 2017 and holds LMFT credentials in South Carolina and North Carolina.
Sessions tend to focus on current relationship patterns, parenting challenges, and practical strategies for coping. People can expect straightforward conversations about feelings, communication habits, and small experiments to try between meetings.
How her approaches translate to online work
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and working with core emotions and attachment patterns that shape relationship interactions. It helps couples and individuals name feelings and the cycles they create in close relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings while taking actions that align with personal values; it can help with anxiety, stress, and making life changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their goals, combining EFT, ACT, or attachment-based ideas as needed. This is a practical process driven by the client’s concerns and preferences rather than a fixed method.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Ask about the available session types when you select the See online therapy options button. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - they can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, or let someone meet without needing to be on camera if that helps. Licensed professionals can adapt EFT and ACT techniques to work over distance, using conversation, guidance, and between-session exercises to help clients practice new ways of relating and coping.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship and family issues, intimacy problems, parenting worries, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside ACT, attachment-based and client-centered approaches, and CBT to address emotions, patterns, and behaviors in relationships.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of clinical experience and has been licensed since December 2017 as an LMFT.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT licensed in South Carolina and North Carolina and practices in North Carolina.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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