About Tanja
Tanja Hoenscheidt is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Texas with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, anger, or the effects of trauma. Tanja aims to make sessions straightforward and supportive so people can start making changes quickly.
Her work emphasizes a person-centered style that respects each client's pace and values. She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns, build self-compassion, and develop practical coping tools that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with room for breathing exercises and skill practice when useful. Tanja draws from several well-known clinical approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based methods. She blends these approaches to match what a person needs in the moment rather than following a rigid plan.
This makes it easier to focus on real problems like panic attacks, self-harm urges, or difficulty managing strong emotions. She also has experience addressing concerns related to ADHD, bipolar disorder, gender dysphoria, and identity issues affecting LGBT individuals. Additional areas include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, autism spectrum concerns, and body image struggles.
Therapy sessions can happen over video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Tanja helps clients set clear, achievable goals and checks in regularly about progress and next steps.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and then commit to actions that match their values. It is useful when worry, avoidance, or low motivation get in the way of daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing patterns of thinking and behavior by teaching concrete coping skills and practice tasks. It is often recommended for anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and mood challenges. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm and improve emotional regulation; it pairs well with skill-based methods for stress and anger.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to try methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Adjustments are made as progress is tracked, so therapy can shift toward what proves most helpful over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video sessions let people see gestures and facial expressions, phone calls need less bandwidth, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging works well for brief ongoing support between meetings. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels while keeping focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English