Tam has been a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida since 1999 (MH#5327) and a Clinical Hypnotist since 2000. For over 20 years, she has been providing dynamic training, clinical and supervisory services to programs at both the local and national levels. Tam has a reputation for compassion and integrity; and has spent most of her career providing direct care and service to individuals and families impacted by abuse, neglect, poverty or natural disaster.
A true believer in the resiliency and self organizing capacity of the human spirit, Tam has been studying philosophy, culture, religion, psychology, sociology and hypnosis since childhood.
Tam is an accomplished communicator with children, adolescents, teens, adults and seniors. She works with individuals, couples, families, and groups offering therapy and training on a broad spectrum of goals related to:
- Stopping unwanted habits and addictions,
- Reducing stress, anxiety and fears, phobias,
- Increasing emotional self control,
- Improving relationships,
- Negotiating change, transitions, and developmental processes,
- Improved resolution of trauma, grief and loss,
- Pain management and healing,
- Personal growth, and
- Performance enhancement.
Education and Certifications:
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
in State of Florida (since 1999).
- Notary Public (since 2004).
- Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (2009).
- Approved LMHC Clinical Supervisor (2009).
- State Certified Adoptions Counselor (2010). Serving all members of the Adoption Circle.
- Ordained Representative (Church of Secular Humanism). Offering legally confidential communications.
- Master of Arts in Counseling/Education (1995-University of South Florida).
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (1991-University of South Florida).
- United States Air Force Reserves-1984 to 1991 Staff Sergeant-Jet Engine Mechanic.
State Licensure as a health care practitioner in Mental Health requires a minimum of 15 hours of State Approved Continuing Education Credits, per year, to maintain. That is a lot of training to list after so many years in practice, and Tam always sought more than the minimum. Ultimately, classroom hours are only a guide to the real training that comes from working in the field with people everyday.
Tam's Hypnosis Related Training: includes:
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The Hypnosis Practitioner Training Institute (HPTI). (January 2012-December 2012). 710 hours to include Regression and Parts Therapies, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Contextual Hypnotherapies, Medical and Dental Hypnotherapies and Advance Hypno-therapeutic Techniques and protocols.
- The Florida Institute of Hypnotherapy: (March-July 2009) Fundamentals of Hypnotism (80 hours)/ Advanced Hypnotism (70 hours), Hypnotherapist (70 hours), Natal Regression and Breath work (70 hours), Healing and Pain Management (60 hours)
- Institute for Sexual Trauma/ Dr. Jon Connely: Clinical Hypnosis and Rapid Trauma Resolution (2/06) (20 hours); Sexual Trauma and Frozen Grief (5/01) (6 hours)
- The Southern Institute of Neuro-Linguistic Programming: Hypnosis basic (9-10/00) (50 hour state requirement for licensed health care practitioners)
Organizations and Affiliations:
 National Board
of Certified Counselors (NBCC)
International Medical and
Dental Hypnotherapy Association-CHt
The Suncoast Mental Health Counselor Association (SMHCA).
Tamera L. Fontenot LMHC, NCC, CCHt
St Petersburg, FL
727-543-7556
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Servicing the Tampa Bay Florida area including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Pinellas Park, Gulfport, Seminole, Tampa, Pasco County, communities of the Tampa Bay Gulf Beaches including St. Pete Beach, Treasure Island, The Redington's, Madeira Beach, Indian Shores, Indian Rocks Beach, Belleair Beach, Belleair, Belleair Bluffs, Sand Key, Clearwater Beach, Dunedin, and surrounding areas.
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