About Tanya
Tanya Kennedy offers calm, experienced support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and low self-esteem. She aims to make each session straightforward and understandable. Tanya is a LPCC and she works from a respectful, culturally aware perspective.
She listens first to learn what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on practical steps clients can use between appointments. Tanya helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, test new behaviors, and build routines that reduce stress and improve mood.
Background and approach
Her work reflects 21 years of clinical experience in Minnesota. That background includes caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds and attending to how identity and culture shape everyday struggles. She brings that awareness into session planning and goal setting.
Tanya blends a warm, accepting stance with structured tools. Clients can expect both open conversation and concrete skills practice. The balance is chosen together to match the issue and the person’s preferences.
People who want a direct but compassionate clinician often find this approach helpful. Tanya supports steady progress by focusing on clear goals, regular skill-building, and respectful attention to cultural context.
How Tanya Uses CBT and Client-Centered Care Online
Tanya uses client-centered therapy to make sessions feel focused on the person’s goals. This approach means she listens carefully, reflects what she hears, and helps clients name what they want to change. It supports people who need a compassionate space to sort through feelings.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT provides concrete tools for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and addictive patterns by breaking problems into smaller steps that can be practiced between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a process. Tanya works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person’s needs and preferences. She will check in regularly and adjust the balance of listening and skills work as goals evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, chat can offer quick check-ins, and messaging supports short reflections or ongoing notes between appointments. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep care consistent when in-person meetings are not possible.
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- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English