Tamara Hubbard, MA, LCPC, is a licensed clinical professional counselor with more than 20 years of clinical experience. She specializes in helping parents of children with food allergies find the balance between managing anxiety and living fully. An active allied health member of professional allergy and immunology organizations, Tamara is a national speaker and has created several widely used resources within the allergy community. She is also the author of May Contain Anxiety: Managing the Overwhelm of Parenting Children with Food Allergies.

Some of the topics we explore include:

-Tamara’s own experience parenting a child with food allergies shaped her work as a therapist

-How ACT informs her clinical approach and writing

-Balancing appropriate safety precautions with quality of life, flexibility, and values-based living

-Common clinical challenges families face, including post-diagnosis overwhelm, school transitions, OCD, eating disorders, and more

-How parents can model healthier coping for their children, collaborate effectively with allergy care teams, and help kids build resilience rather than fear-driven identities

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Tamara’s Website: https://www.tamarahubbardlcpc.com/

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