Tameka McFarland

Tameka McFarland is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping adults navigate relationship and family challenges. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and the strain that life changes bring. She supports concerns around parenting, intimacy, self-esteem, and LGBT issues, using clear, practical conversation to help clients move forward.

She approaches therapy in a way that centers the client’s goals. Sessions often focus on understanding relationship patterns and improving communication. Tameka draws on methods that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify values, and practice small behavior changes that add up over time.

Her background includes a Master of Science degree earned in 2017 and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Human Development and Family Studies. She has been licensed since December 2017 and holds LMFT credentials in relevant jurisdictions. She runs a private practice in North Carolina and sees adults 18 and older.

Tameka frequently uses approaches that look at attachment and emotion in relationships, and she incorporates cognitive and acceptance-based tools when they fit a person’s needs. She also has experience supporting blended family concerns, abandonment and attachment issues, and the challenges that follow divorce or separation.

In sessions clients can expect focused, conversational work that aims to clarify problems and try practical steps. Tameka also offers support around forgiveness, body image, codependency, and compassion fatigue, tailoring each plan to what the individual or couple wants to change.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Tameka uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy in ways that translate well to conversations online. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it focuses on actions that align with personal values. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with big life changes.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at how emotions shape relationship patterns. It aims to help partners and individuals identify core emotional needs and respond to them with more connection. EFT is often used for intimacy and attachment concerns and for improving communication between partners.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean blending ACT, EFT, or other conversational and cognitive tools over time. Clients can expect a shared decision-making process about what to try next.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, cut down on travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Discussing practical scheduling needs and what works best for day-to-day life is a normal part of the first conversations.