About Taneka

Taneka Hamond, MD, LCSW-C, brings a practical, compassionate approach to therapy. She encourages people to notice their strengths and use them to face life’s challenges. Her style is direct but warm, aimed at helping clients build motivation, confidence, and clearer relationships.

With 22 years of professional experience, she offers steady support for common concerns like anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes. She also helps people who are managing relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, grief, anger, career transitions, and compassion fatigue.

Background and approach

ADHD is listed among her focus areas when attention and executive functioning affect daily life. Taneka treats multicultural concerns as part of her practice and pays attention to how culture shapes identity and coping. She values each person’s story and treats clients as the experts on their own lives while offering ideas and tools that fit their situation.

Her background includes a medical degree (MD) and licensure as a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical, LCSW-C. Those credentials reflect combined medical and social work perspectives on emotional and behavioral challenges. Taneka uses straightforward conversations and practical steps to help people move forward.

She knows that starting therapy takes courage and aims to make the process understandable and manageable. If someone wants to begin, they can follow the site's matching steps and schedule sessions that suit their needs.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Access

Taneka draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and practical steps. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills and routines to manage stress, anxiety, and attention-related challenges; it teaches concrete strategies for organizing tasks, managing time, and reducing overwhelm. Another approach concentrates on improving relationships and intimacy by teaching communication skills, setting boundaries, and identifying patterns that get in the way of connection.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients are invited to give feedback so the work stays relevant and useful.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when it’s helpful, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting work, family, or other obligations into a schedule.

Questions people ask

What issues does this therapist help with?
She works with concerns such as relationship strain, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, career shifts, parenting challenges, intimacy-related issues, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is practical and supportive, focusing on clear conversation, skill-building, and using a client's strengths to address problems.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of professional experience helping people with a wide range of emotional and life concerns.
What credentials and where is she based?
She holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) and practices in Maryland.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

What this therapist works with

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Experience
22 years
Licensed
Maryland
Languages
English

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