About Tasheena
Tasheena Carlson is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington with seven years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, or major life changes. Her work also includes support for people struggling with ADHD, addiction, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and career stress.
She uses a holistic, strength-based, and person-centered style. Sessions focus on identifying existing strengths and building practical skills the person can use outside of therapy.
Background and approach
Tasheena aims to create a steady, respectful space where people feel heard and can try new ways of coping. In a first meeting she listens to immediate concerns and what the person hopes to change. Then she and the client shape goals and small steps to reach them.
She frames therapy as a partnership and treats the person as the expert on their own life. Sessions typically include talking through thoughts and feelings, practicing coping tools, and building routines that support daily functioning. Tasheena also addresses issues such as caregiver stress, blended family challenges, communication problems, and recovery from substance use.
Outside of work she enjoys hiking, spending time in nature, painting, and singing in her car. That balance of curiosity about people and everyday interests informs a warm, down-to-earth approach to helping others.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Evidence-based techniques aim to make therapy practical and useful. Person-centered work focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so clients feel understood and can set their own goals. This approach helps with anxiety, low self-esteem, and life changes by centering the client’s experience.Strength-based work highlights what already goes well. The therapist helps people notice skills they already use and adapt those skills to new challenges like stress, caregiver strain, or relationship communication problems. This tends to be action-oriented and focused on small changes that add up.
Trauma-informed support looks at how past hurt can affect current thoughts and reactions. Sessions can include paced conversations and grounding tools to reduce overwhelm while working toward healing from post-traumatic stress or other trauma-related concerns.
Finding the right method is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust plans as needed. Clients take part in choosing tools and deciding what feels most useful for them.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a short check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing brief contact between sessions. These options offer flexibility to match different schedules and communication styles.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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