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Meet Tammi

Exploring the unknown with curiosity and compassion

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For more than 30 years, I've had the privilege of walking alongside children, families, therapists, educators, and organizations—helping them discover new ways of seeing themselves, one another, and what's possible.

 I believe everyone has a story worth understanding. Through curiosity and experiential learning, I invite people to look beyond behavior and discover what lies beneath the surface. When curiosity replaces judgment, connection deepens, and new possibilities emerge.

At our core, we all long to feel seen, soothed, safe, and connected. Whether I'm speaking on stage, leading a retreat, training professionals, or working with a family, I create spaces where people can look beyond behavior, reactions, and assumptions, discover the stories beneath, and begin to see themselves, others, and life's challenges through a new lens of curiosity, compassion, creativity, and possibility.

Ways to Work Together

From keynote stages to immersive experiences, each opportunity is designed to inspire connection, spark creativity, and awaken possibility.

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Speaking & Keynotes
Retreats & Experiences
Professional Training
Consultation, Supervision & Support

Inspiring audiences through experiential storytelling, connection, and resilience.

Transformational experiences designed for reflection, renewal, and meaningful growth.

Experiential trainings for therapists and educators that foster connection and resilience.

Supervision and consultation for therapists, schools, and professionals, including RPT™ and RST credential support.

On Stage

Stories have the power to shape how we see ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us. In her TEDx talk, Tammi explores the transformative role of connection, creativity, and storytelling in healing and growth.

Watch Tammi's TEDx Talk

What People Are Saying

Reflections from those who have experienced the connection, creativity, and possibility at the heart of Tammi’s work.

Speaking & Keynotes

Tammi's energy, passion, and dedication shine through like a beacon. 

Conference Participants
Alabama Association for Play Therapy

Retreats & Immersive Experiences

Wow, Tammi! You moved my life! You moved the world! My thanks to you is beyond measure.

Sandtray immersive participant, NY

International Impact

Tammi Van Hollander has made a profound impact on the international play therapy community, significantly building clinical capacity worldwide.

Dr. Florence Mueni, PsyD
President, Association for Play Therapy Kenya (APTK)

Training & Professional Development
I left the training with knowledge, tools, and feeling equipped to do sandtray. The following week I immediately began putting what I learned into practice.

Kelly, Pullen, MA, LPC-S, RPT

 Supervision & Consultation
You taught us without judgment and watched over us like a guardian angel throughout our experiential practice

Cindy Endredy, LCSW

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Let's Connect

 Interested in speaking, training, retreats, consultation, or supervision? I’d love to hear from you and explore what’s possible together.

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