- Compassionate listener
- Practical skill-building
- Values-focused work
About Tanya
Dr. Tanya Harrell is an LPC who focuses on helping people find steady footing through life’s shifts. She offers a warm, empathetic presence and practical guidance for stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, and relationship struggles. Her style centers on listening first and helping people discover strengths they can use day to day.
Dr. Harrell draws on seven years of counseling experience working with people from many backgrounds. She has helped adults and children affected by domestic violence, rape, homelessness, and other forms of trauma. Those experiences shaped a patient, accepting approach to therapy.
Her work combines humanistic, existential perspectives with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy. Sessions focus on identifying values, building coping skills, and changing unhelpful patterns. She helps clients set small, doable goals and practice new ways of responding between sessions.
People who come to Dr. Harrell often want help with parenting stress, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, or caregiving strain. She also addresses mood concerns such as depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety, plus eating, sleeping, and anger difficulties.
She approaches each person as an individual and adapts methods to fit their needs. Many clients find the combination of compassionate listening and clear skill-building useful when navigating life changes and traumatic history.
How key approaches guide online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape present-day patterns and helps people develop more secure ways of relating to others and themselves, which can help with attachment issues and parenting concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust the approach based on what feels most helpful. That means methods may be mixed or changed over time to match needs and preferences.
Specific session formats were not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel, allowing check-ins during a lunch break, or offering a shorter phone or video session when time is tight. It can also let someone work with a licensed professional in Louisiana while living elsewhere, which may help when finding a clinician with experience in areas like adoption and foster care or trauma-informed care.
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Experience
7+ years
Credentials
Louisiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can be addressed in sessions?
Therapy covers a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, and coping with life changes.
What is the general therapeutic style used?
The approach blends client-centered and humanistic perspectives with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and related models to build coping skills and clarify personal values.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She has seven years of counseling experience, including work with people affected by domestic violence, rape, homelessness, and trauma.
Where is the therapist based and what credential is held?
She practices in Louisiana and holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and the therapist accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current session options before booking to know what formats are offered.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.