About Thomas
Dr. Thomas Tashjian helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, ADHD, addiction, trauma, sleep problems, grief, parenting challenges, and self-esteem struggles. He is a psychologist with an MA Psychologist 3022 and 33 years of experience.
He writes plainly and focuses on practical skills that people can use day to day. He uses a cognitive-behavioral perspective to look at patterns of thinking and behavior. He also draws on mindfulness, dialectical behavior ideas, motivational interviewing, and somatic strategies to help people notice how their body and thoughts interact.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on steps the person can try between meetings. Dr. Tashjian has a background in language development and pharmacology.
That experience helps him separate effects of physical illness or medication from psychological problems. He talks with people about how health and medicines can change mood and behavior, and what can be done to reduce those effects. An outdoorsman and long-distance runner, he incorporates experiential activities when helpful.
He has used activity-based approaches to support coping when injuries or life changes limit prior routines. Those practical options are part of problem solving in sessions. He works with adults in Massachusetts and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Sessions are delivered in English and organized through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Approaches that connect thinking, body, and behavior
Dr. Tashjian commonly uses cognitive behavioral methods to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with manageable actions. CBT sessions often include short exercises and tasks to try between meetings to reduce worry and improve routine.He also draws on mindfulness therapy to teach present-moment awareness and simple attention skills. Mindfulness can help reduce rumination and improve sleep and mood by training attention rather than trying to force feelings to change.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what fits their life and preferences. That shared process helps clarify whether CBT, mindfulness, somatic work, or another mix is most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people use visual cues and longer sessions, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing coaching-style feedback between meetings. These options help fit therapy around work, family, and daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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