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Food Allergy Anxiety, Mindset, and Parenting Resources
Managing food allergy anxiety and overwhelm is possible.
Meet Tamara
Licensed Therapist + Food Allergy Mom
A licensed therapist, international speaker, author, thought leader, and content innovator with over 20 years of clinical experience, Tamara's mission is to help families managing food allergies find their “just right” balance between feeling overwhelmed and living fully.
Founder of the Academy of Food Allergy Counseling and its therapist directory, she's been quoted in Healthline, Medscape, Forbes, NPR, Business Insider, SELF Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, and Counseling Today. Tamara has also authored articles for Healio, the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, and Allergy & Asthma Network, and her debut book May Contain Anxiety: Managing the Overwhelm of Parenting Children with Food Allergies will be published by the prestigious Johns Hopkins University Press September 2025.
Learn how Tamara is helping food allergy families.
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Food Allergy Worksheets
Explore helpful food allergy mental health worksheets in The FAC's Shop. These worksheets are for those living with or parenting kids with food allergies, as well as allergists and therapists.
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"Tamara is amazing! Her information on food allergy anxiety is so helpful, and I always recommend her to my food allergy friends."
- A, former support group leader
"Tamara’s professional background as a therapist and personal experience as a food allergy parent is the perfect combo for understanding how to address mental wellness around food allergies.
-A, Parent of child with food allergy
"Tamara is wonderful! So grateful for her, and the resources and knowledge she provides to the food allergy community! Thank you!"
-S, Parent of child with food allergies