About Tania
Tania Valente is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Texas who helps people navigate stress and anxiety. She focuses on everyday struggles like relationship strain, sleep problems, grief, addiction, and managing life changes. Her tone is practical and compassionate, and she works with clients in English and Portuguese.
She brings 18 years of counseling experience across hospitals, community health, hospice, university counseling centers, and government settings. That range means she is familiar with both short-term crisis work and longer conversations about goals.
Background and approach
She uses a mix of methods to match the needs people bring to sessions. In sessions she emphasizes relationships and systems - how work, family, and friendships affect feelings and choices. She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral work, emotionally focused methods, and trauma-focused tools when they fit the clients goals.
Conversations tend to be collaborative and focused on steps a person can try between sessions. Tania also supports people facing identity and orientation questions, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and attention-related concerns. She aims to help clients notice patterns, build coping skills, and improve daily routines like sleep and stress management.
People who reach out can expect clear communication about next steps and practical strategies to try. Tania welcomes international clients and conducts therapy in English and Portuguese when helpful.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then take actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions within close relationships and helps people change interaction patterns to feel safer and more connected.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through a client's concerns, goals, and preferences and recommend methods that make sense together. That process is collaborative and can evolve as needs change over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a shorter break or where bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let clients check in between longer sessions and keep momentum on skill practice. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and different time zones while working with licensed professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico, Texas
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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