About Tanya
Dr. Tanya Harrell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and ADHD-related challenges. She writes plainly and listens closely to understand where each person is starting from.
Her style is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at practical steps that fit everyday life. She draws on several approaches to counseling, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-focused ideas, and client-centered listening. In sessions she helps people notice what matters to them, try small changes, and practice skills that reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
That mix makes therapy feel both realistic and hopeful. Dr. Harrell has seven years of professional experience across community settings.
Her background includes work with survivors of domestic violence and people affected by trauma. She has also supported people involved with homelessness, adoption and foster care, and caregiver stress, which shaped her understanding of complex life challenges.
People who come to her for help with parenting, relationship strain, substance concerns, mood disorders, eating or sleeping problems, or career stress find a practical, empathetic approach. She helps clients break big problems into doable steps. Sessions focus on real-life skills and the relationships that matter most.
Therapy with Dr. Harrell is collaborative. She values the client’s perspective and adapts tools to each person’s situation.
She works with adults in Louisiana and accepts international clients for online sessions.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Dr. Harrell commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking committed actions toward those values, which can help with anxiety, stress, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, useful for mood, sleep, and coping with ADHD-related challenges.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with you about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients and therapist decide together which methods feel most useful and realistic for everyday life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging options suit quick check-ins, journaling-style work, or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on practical skills and progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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