About Tanya
Tanya Kennedy is a licensed professional clinical counselor who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, addiction, trauma, and self-esteem concerns. She works with individuals who want practical tools and steady support while they sort through difficult feelings and situations. With 21 years of experience in Minnesota, Tanya focuses on the real-life impact of problems rather than labels.
She pays attention to cultural background and how identity affects stress and wellbeing.
Background and approach
Her style is straightforward and warm, aiming to make sessions feel like a calm space to talk and plan next steps. She uses Client-Centered methods to meet each person where they are, listening closely and shaping sessions to fit individual needs.
Tanya also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people spot unhelpful thought patterns and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. In sessions she helps clients set manageable goals, practice coping skills, and try small experiments that can change day-to-day life. She encourages skills that can be used between appointments so progress continues outside of sessions.
Tanya emphasizes collaboration. People work together with her to choose approaches that match their goals and culture. That shared planning helps people feel clearer about next steps and more confident handling stress and anxiety.
How Tanya’s Approaches Work Online
Tanya uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person’s experience. This approach means sessions are guided by what matters most to the client and paced to match their needs. It helps when people want a respectful, listening relationship and space to talk through values and identity.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new actions. CBT offers clear exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change everyday habits. It is useful for people who want concrete skills to practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tanya collaborates with clients to choose and adjust methods based on their goals, cultural background, and what feels most helpful. She checks in often and changes course when something isn’t working so clients feel involved in planning their care.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for fuller conversations and visual cues, phone is useful when bandwidth is lower, and chat or text can support quick check-ins or skills practice between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different ways of connecting.
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- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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