Welcome!
Welcome to Breathe Counseling Center, a space where grief is acknowledged, support is offered, and healing is supported. Whether you are seeking grief education, compassionate guidance, or counseling support for your personal journey, you will find a place here where your experience is honored and your next steps are supported.
Rev. Dr. Tammy Isaac is a grief advocate, educator, counselor, chaplain, and author committed to helping individuals and communities navigate grief with compassion, faith, and care. She is the founder of Breathe Counseling Center, where she offers grief advocacy, grief education, grief support, and Christian counseling.
Through her work, Dr. Isaac creates space for people to acknowledge grief, receive guidance, and find support for the journey ahead. She is known for offering compassionate listening, spiritual care, grief-informed guidance, and encouragement that honors each person’s story, faith, and emotional needs.
Dr. Isaac holds a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Speech Communication from Texas Southern University, a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Houston Graduate School of Theology and completed postgraduate studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Her work is shaped by a rich background in chaplaincy, hospice care, spiritual support, and community outreach.
Breathe Counseling Center
Grief Support, Grief Education, and Christian Counseling
A SAFE AND SACRED SPACE TO PAUSE, BREATHE, AND FIND SUPPORT
THROUGH LIFE’S CHALLENGES
At Breathe Counseling Center, we offer grief support, grief education, and Christian counseling for individuals navigating loss, emotional pain, and life’s difficult transitions. Our work is rooted in creating a safe and compassionate space where you can pause, breathe, and receive support for your journey.
We are committed to supporting the emotional, spiritual, and mental well-being of every person we serve. Through active, compassionate listening and grief-informed care, we help clients process what they are carrying and take meaningful steps forward.
Counseling can be especially helpful during times of crisis, but it is not limited to those moments. It can also provide support for the day-to-day stresses of life, offering you the opportunity to talk through your experiences with someone who is professionally trained, compassionate, and able to offer guidance with care and respect.
What is Counseling?
Counseling is a form of 'talk therapy'. It is a process where an individual, couple or family meet with a trained professional counselor to talk about issues and problems that they are facing in their lives.
What is Christian Counseling?
Christian counseling will focus on helping clients achieve a better understanding of themselves and their relationship with God while using counseling concepts to overcome anxiety, depression, grief, problems in their relationships, and past/present trauma.
What is Grief Counseling?
Grief counseling helps mourners with uncomplicated grief go through the phases of grief. Grief counseling can be provided by professionally trained people, or in self-help groups where bereaved people help other bereaved people. All services may be available in individual or group settings.
Depending on the individual’s developmental stage, needs, and emotional maturity, talk therapy is predominantly used. This process involves talking about obstacles in one’s life. The focus might be anxiety, grief, sadness, trauma, anger, problems in school /in the workplace, struggles with peers, or concerns with communication in other significant relationships.
The Mission
Breathe Counseling Center’s mission is to provide grief support, education, and Christian counseling through safe, sacred spaces where individuals can be heard, supported, and guided with compassion and care.
The Vision
Breathe Counseling Center’s vision is to help create a world where grief is acknowledged, support is accessible, and individuals and communities can heal, grow, and thrive.
Trust Us! We Are Here to Help!
Life is challenging, but that doesn’t mean that you should have to struggle. Whether you’re seeking a more fulfilling career, a healthier relationship, happier children, or simply a fuller life, we here at Breathe Counseling Center can give you the skills and support you need to get there.
Why Choose Us?
Everyone has problems sometimes. Working with a counselor in a private setting gives you an opportunity to share your concerns, explore your options, and work toward a solution. Dr. Isaac is a highly trained professional with a variety of depth and experience who counsels for change. Her non-judgmental approach is accepting of all individuals as she works to build an alliance to collaborate with you.
Overcome your obstacles. Get Counseling, Today!
How can Dr. Isaac
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I need Christian Counseling!
For some people, the ability to directly incorporate biblical principles of faith, prayer, and Scripture into a difficult situation or season of life, is of utmost importance. For this reason, we are trained to provide a Christ-centered and biblical approach to counseling when requested by the client.
Permission to Breathe Podcast
The Permission to Breathe Podcast is a space for honest conversations, thoughtful reflection, and grief-informed encouragement. As an extension of Dr. Tammy Isaac’s grief advocacy and education work, the podcast explores the many layers of grief, healing, faith, emotional wellness, and the realities of navigating loss through life’s changing seasons. Each episode is designed to offer insight, support, and language for experiences that are often hard to name, helping listeners feel seen, understood, and less alone in their journey.
Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Audible
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I am always eager to digest the writings of Dr. Isaac. Her ability to communicate truth in a clear and applicable way always leaves me hungry for more. If you’ve read any of her devotions or books, you’ll quickly hear the voice of a teacher. And if you continue reading, you’ll hear the heart of a student. It is clear that Dr. Isaac is just as devoted to learning as she is to teaching. I am blessed by her writings simply because I take more than quotes and captions away from it—I’m able to utilize tools that better equip me as a husband, father, and disciple of Christ.
- Randryck Lewis
I thoroughly enjoy your book. You write clearly and with intention as if you are telling a story. The Reflecting and Responding sections allow the reader to come IN to the messages and connect with them internally.
- LaShanna Moore
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Dr. Isaac is an in-touch author. Her books address topics that are relevant, real, and transcend religious, cultural, and even socio-economic lines. Dr. Isaac’s books are not just good reads, but they are instructional tools as well.
- Likeythia Blackmon
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Dr. Isaac’s writings are inspiring and life changing. Her devotional books help me to perfect my spiritual disciplines of prayer and daily scripture reading. I enjoy her work and look forward to reading her new book!
- Tyisha Ugafor
Dr. Tammy Isaac is an exceptional keynote speaker whose message resonates long after the presentation ends.
What sets Dr. Isaac apart is her remarkable ability to engage audiences with honesty, compassion, and practical wisdom while creating space for meaningful reflection and growth.
Whether addressing healthcare professionals, educators, executives, or emerging leaders, Dr. Isaac delivers insights that are not only inspiring, but immediately applicable in both professional and personal settings. Her presentations leave audiences feeling empowered, grounded, and better equipped to lead through challenge and uncertainty.
I would highly recommend Dr. Tammy Isaac as a keynote speaker for any organization seeking an amazing, thoughtful, engaging, and transformative speaker on leadership, resilience, and healing.
- Dr. Katie Branch
Let The Church Grieve
After reading Let The Church Grieve the reader will be able to understand and acknowledge that grief is the inevitable process that human beings will experience as the result of a loss at some point in their lives and the journey of grief demands the attention of the local church and spiritual communities. The reader will also be equipped with the basic knowledge and tools needed to educate others within their spiritual communities on what grief is, what support looks like, and how to start a grief support group within their spiritual communities, allowing the congregation to provide permission, time, and space to support those who are grieving.
Begin Again
There are things in life that happen, and they are not always in our control. Things like the downfall of the economy, natural disasters, the loss of a loved one, a home, a marriage, a business, or a job to name a few, but the good news is that it’s never too late to “BEGIN AGAIN”. Believe it or not, beginning again happens every second of the day for someone around the world. To “BEGIN AGAIN” for most of us is an inconceivable task. To have to pick up the pieces after a life interruption can be daunting. Despite what you may tell yourself or what others may say, it’s never too late to “BEGIN AGAIN” where you left off.
You See My Scrubs, Not My Scars: A Nurse’s Guide to Grief, Healing, and Emotional Support
Behind every shift and every set of scrubs is a story—one of strength, compassion, and quiet heartbreak. Nurses carry the visible responsibilities of care and the invisible weight of grief. They comfort families through loss, witness moments that words can’t hold, and keep showing up even when their own hearts are heavy. You See My Scrubs, Not My Scars is a gentle companion for nurses who give so much of themselves every day. It explores the emotional and human side of caregiving, offering understanding, reflection, and practical ways to navigate the grief that comes with the work. Through compassionate insight, real-world examples, and guided moments of pause, this booklet reminds nurses that their well-being matters too.
Answering the Call, Carrying the Cost: A First Responders Guide to Grief, Healing, and Emotional Support
Answering the Call, Carrying the Cost: Grief in First Responders is a compassionate resource that explores the hidden emotional toll of service. Through gentle reflection and practical insight, Rev. Dr. Tammy Isaac sheds light on the many ways grief affects those who run toward crisis and offers pathways toward healing, rest, and renewal. Written with honesty and grace, this booklet invites readers to honor the humanity behind the uniform and find hope beyond the weight they carry.
The Grief Behind the Pink Ribbon: A Patient and Family Guide to Grief, Healing, and Emotional Support
This booklet is a compassionate guide that explores the hidden emotional and spiritual weight of breast cancer. Through gentle reflections and honest insight, Dr. Isaac helps readers name their grief, honor their healing, and find space to breathe again without shame or pressure to be strong.
Remembering the Life That Blossomed Briefly: A Family in Perinatal Bereavement Guide to Grief, Healing, and Emotional Support
This compassionate resource is created to support families grieving the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death. Written with warmth and sensitivity, it helps parents and loved ones understand their grief, care for themselves, and find gentle ways to honor their baby’s memory.
Workplace Grief: Understanding How Grief Shapes Teams, Morale, and the Human Spirit
This booklet offers compassionate insight into how loss affects individuals and organizations. It explores the unseen emotional and spiritual weight that employees carry and provides practical guidance for fostering empathy, connection, and healing in professional settings.
A Dying Wish for the Family: A Pastoral Reflection on John 19:26–27
At the foot of the cross, Jesus entrusted his grieving mother and beloved disciple to one another. This powerful act of care during death offers a model for how we tend to each other in grief. In this pastoral reflection on John 19:26–27, Rev. Dr. Tammy Isaac explores the holy invitation to create family in the face of loss. With theological insight and real-life ministry experience, she challenges us to see grief not as an end, but as a sacred space where love still speaks.
The Heartprint of A Black Woman, Healing, Grief, and Well-Being
The Heartprint of a Black Woman, Healing, Grief, and Well Being is a guide created to help Black women understand the connection between their lived experiences and their heart health. It offers truth, compassion, and practical tools that honor the realities Black women face every day.
The Grief Inside the Ache: Pain Led. Grief Followed
Most people think grief belongs only to death. But there is another kind-quiet, persistent, and invisible-that grows from pain that never leaves. Chronic pain does more than ache in the body; it reshapes identity, alters relationships, and grieves the life that once was. gives voice to the grief that exists in the shadows of chronic illness.
Collateral Beauty: A Black Woman’s Metamorphosis of Grief, Self-Love and Healing
In this powerful and reflective book, Dr. Tammy Isaac invites Black women to confront the unspoken pain of generational trauma, societal expectations, and personal loss. Through heartfelt storytelling, biblical wisdom, and practical guidance, she illuminates a path to self-love, healing, and renewal.
Aurora's Grief Journey: Understanding Love and Loss with Faith
When Aurora's beloved grandfather passes away, her world turns upside down. Filled with sadness and anger, she struggles to understand why God would take her Grandpa away. Pushing away the love and support of her family and friends, Aurora feels lost and alone. Join Aurora on her heartfelt journey as she navigates through the storm of her emotions. With the gentle guidance of her mother, grandmother, her sister Ariel, and Pastor David she learns that her deep feelings of sadness and anger are expressions of her love. Through prayer, cherished memories, and a special tree planted in her grandfather's honor, Aurora begins to find peace and comfort in her faith.
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