Tamara Hubbard, LCPC / Consulting & Workshops

As a liaison between the allergy community, healthcare providers and therapy practitioners, Tamara is perfectly positioned to provide consultation and education to all of these stakeholders.

See below for the various types of consultation and education services she provides and reach out
to Tamara for consultation rates and more information if you're interested in any of these services.

Consultation & Education Services for Behavioral Healthcare Providers:

Allergy-specific case consultations
Educational sessions to learn about how to support clients managing food allergies
Advice on marketing food allergy counseling services at your clinical practice

Consultation & Education Services for Allergy Practices & Healthcare Providers:

Allergy practices and/or healthcare providers will benefit from consultation and education sessions with Tamara, as they will learn how to better serve their patients' psychosocial needs. For consultations, Tamara starts the process with a needs assessment to understand your patient flow and protocols, as well as your specific goals for the consultation. From there, she will provide you an outline of solutions, strategies and recommendations to meet your specific goals. For education sessions, Tamara will virtually provide education to your practice staff on a variety of topics that will enhance your patients' experience of psychosocial care.

Examples of consultation session topics include, but are not limited to: 

Reviewing/assessing current patient education and support services to identify areas for improvement
Exploring practice and patient benefits of adding psychosocial components to allergy care
Review models of multidisciplinary patient care and coordination with allied healthcare providers
Review of validated and narrative/patient-report assessments to evaluate patient anxiety & quality of life impacts
Guidance and help with enhancing patient education and information materials beyond allergy basics
Creating a psychosocially-supportive food allergy treatment program or patient services

Examples of education session topics include, but are not limited to: 

Practical strategies to enhance the patient experience, such as how language used with patients impacts mindset
Models to use that offer a comprehensive understanding of factors impacting allergy patients' quality of life
Calming strategies to use in-office with anxious patients
Common quality of life impacts at various ages/stages
Common mental health/psychosocial impacts associated w/food allergies (and how they differ from general anxiety)
Helping allergy patients navigate family, relationship and social impacts
Common feelings and thoughts parents/caregivers report

[Tamara is also available to provide educational patient webinars for your allergy practice patients. Please reach out to Tamara to discuss this service as well].

Food Allergy-Focused Workshops, Presentations and Webinars:

Workshops are offered for the patient population, parenting groups, and the allergy community.
(Below are common workshop topics; workshops are customized based on the audience or organization's needs)

Managing food allergy-related anxiety and fear
Utilizing mindfulness and acceptance to manage allergy anxiety and stress
Navigating the overwhelm of allergy anxiety and stress
Cultivating a "can do" growth mindset when living with allergies
Developing a workable allergy family mindset and motto
Parenting children with food allergies (i.e navigating anxiety, building resilience)
Practical guidance and tips to empower allergic individuals and families
Parents only session: navigating allergy co-parenting communication and conflicts
Understanding your allergy comfort zone and learning strategies for navigating the discomfort beyond it

March 2022 WEBINAR:
"Befriending Allergy Anxiety"

Want to learn strategies to help you change your mindset about your allergy (and general) anxiety rather than fight it off like an enemy?

Watch licensed Tamara's talk with the CoFAS group here!

[Also available for interviews, articles or to speak at events. I look forward to connecting!]

Office: 847-957-7575