Dr. Tammy Sutterfield

Dr. Tammy Sutterfield welcomes people who are carrying heavy stress, anxiety, grief, or the strain of big life changes. She helps those coping with ADHD, addiction issues, depression, trauma, and intimacy concerns. She also supports people navigating LGBT questions and a range of relationship styles, including polyamory and kink-related issues. Tammy practices in Colorado and uses plain, direct conversation to help clients find clearer footing.

Tammy is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and has 12 years of clinical experience. Her academic background includes study in clinical psychology and behavioral health through undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. She draws on a wide set of clinical approaches to meet what each person needs in the room.

Sessions focus on practical steps and honest conversation. She blends work on attachment patterns, emotion-focused strategies, and trauma processing with mindfulness skills and motivational interviewing. That lets her address both patterns that keep repeating and urgent problems that need a plan.

Tammy has experience working with people affected by chronic illness, caregiving stress, cancer, and aging concerns. She also brings experience supporting people with process addictions and sexual expression that falls outside mainstream culture. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person's comfort.

To begin, she asks clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability. This helps make sure early sessions focus on priorities and realistic next steps.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns show up now and how to build more secure connections. In practice this means talking about recurring interaction styles and trying small behavioral changes to test new ways of relating. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on identifying core emotions and using them to shift how people connect and respond to each other; it is often helpful for intimacy and relationship concerns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps process distressing memories by combining focused recall with guided bilateral stimulation to reduce emotional intensity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit those priorities. That collaborative process may include combining parts of different approaches to match what helps most.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people work with a therapist who has specific experience with women's issues, trauma, or non‑traditional relationship styles even if they live in a different part of Colorado.