About Tanya
Dr. Tanya Harrell is a licensed professional counselor who uses practical, person-focused therapy to help people manage anxiety and stress. She draws on several evidence-informed approaches to guide conversations and build coping skills.
Her manner is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at helping people feel steadier and more able to handle life’s challenges. She works with adults on a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and relationship or intimacy issues.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, caregiving strain, eating and sleeping problems, and major life changes. Her experience includes supporting people affected by domestic violence and other forms of trauma. Her main approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered methods.
In sessions she helps people notice patterns, try new behaviors, and choose values-based steps. She uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. With seven years of counseling experience, she aims to meet people where they are.
Sessions focus on practical steps and real-life goals rather than on jargon. The therapist emphasizes a respectful, collaborative relationship that centers each person’s perspective. Dr.
Harrell practices in Louisiana and communicates in English. She is listed as an LPC and offers online formats for therapy to make scheduling more flexible.
Online approaches that focus on coping and values
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and low mood.
Attachment-Based ideas and client-centered work focus on understanding patterns in close relationships and creating a supportive, respectful therapy relationship. These approaches help with relationship concerns, intimacy issues, and healing from relational trauma.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick techniques that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. This happens through regular check-ins and adjustments to focus where progress is needed.
Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options support flexible scheduling and let people choose how they want to connect with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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