About Tanya
Tanya Weekes is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of practice helping people manage strong emotions and life stress. She works from New York and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Tanya uses a direct but warm style and keeps sessions focused on clear goals.
Clients often come with anxiety, panic attacks, low mood, or stress that feels overwhelming. Tanya also helps people who are dealing with trauma or abuse and those wanting to build self-esteem.
How Tanya works
She offers coaching-style support for people who want concrete tools and accountability. Her experience includes long-term work with depression, anxiety disorders, and trauma recovery. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and shape homework between sessions.
The aim is to make change understandable and doable. Tanya creates an accepting, culturally aware environment. She speaks plainly and listens closely so people feel heard and respected.
Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and on small steps that add up. People who prefer practical strategies and a steady, experienced guide often find her approach useful. She combines clinical knowledge with hands-on coaching to support progress.
Tanya helps clients set realistic goals and track the changes they want to see.
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are central to Tanya's work. One common approach she uses focuses on anxiety management by teaching breathing, grounding, and exposure-style steps to reduce panic and social avoidance. This helps people practice facing feared situations in small, manageable ways.Another strand of her practice targets mood and trauma recovery through structured problem-solving and pacing. That involves breaking big challenges into smaller tasks, tracking progress, and building routines that support steadier mood and better coping after difficult experiences.
Choosing the right approach happens together. Tanya works with each person to identify goals, try methods, and adjust based on what fits and what helps. She treats the plan as flexible and collaborative, checking in as progress is made.
Online work includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared tools, phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.
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