Therapist profile
Tanya Wood, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and parenting focus
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- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma informed methods
- English and Spanish
About Tanya
Tanya Wood is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, anger, and low self-esteem. Tanya also supports people with career questions and coping through major life changes and transitional periods.
Her practice emphasizes straightforward conversation and practical skills. Sessions focus on what is happening now and what can help next. Tanya uses approaches that include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior skills, solution-focused strategies, and trauma-focused techniques depending on what each person needs.
She draws on experience with adoption and foster care issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family situations, and caregiver stress. Tanya also addresses chronic illness, cancer-related stress, aging and geriatric issues, and the emotional impact of divorce, separation, and domestic violence.
Tanya combines short-term problem-solving with deeper emotional processing when it’s needed. That might mean practicing communication skills, testing small behavior changes between sessions, or naming patterns that keep someone stuck. She speaks English and Spanish and works with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
People looking for practical next steps will find an emphasis on usable tools and clearer thinking. The work is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s everyday life. To begin, clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online intake flow.
How sessions work
How Tanya’s approaches translate to online work
Tanya combines client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-focused work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a clear understanding of what matters to the client, which helps when sorting family and parenting concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Trauma-Focused Therapy attends to the effects of past harm and uses paced strategies to reduce reactivity and improve daily functioning.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Tanya works collaboratively to identify which tools fit a person’s goals and daily life. That means testing brief strategies, adjusting techniques, and checking in about what is or isn’t working so plans can be changed together.
The therapist’s exact session formats are not stated in the profile, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, cut out travel time, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and let people use quieter surroundings or lower-bandwidth options if needed. Licensed professionals offer similar therapies online as they do in person, with the same focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English, Spanish
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, anger, and self-esteem issues.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Tanya uses client-centered conversation combined with techniques from CBT, DBT, solution-focused work, and trauma-focused therapy to find practical steps that help day to day.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working with adults on a range of emotional and life-transition challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are used?
The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the intake process.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.