About Tenisha
Tenisha Pettus is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Florida with 14 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship tensions, anger, and addiction concerns. She offers a calm presence and straightforward guidance to people who are ready to talk about what’s hard. Her approach focuses on practical steps and real-life changes rather than jargon.
Tenisha builds sessions around clear goals and simple tools. She listens first, then helps people notice patterns that keep problems going.
How Tenisha works
From there she offers ways to change thinking and behavior, strengthen connections, and improve day-to-day coping. Her work includes support for family-related struggles, intimacy and sexual concerns, workplace stress, and grief. She also helps with body image, caregiver stress, blended family issues, and recovery from drug or alcohol problems.
Tenisha is familiar with LGBT concerns and with alternative sex culture themes like BDSM and kink. She uses practical techniques drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Systemic Therapy to help people make steady progress. Sessions tend to be conversational and goal-focused, with tools to practice between meetings.
Tenisha offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. People who live in Florida will find her local license relevant. She speaks English and works within a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Starting involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on availability. Tenisha aims to make the process clear and accessible for those ready to begin.
Tenisha lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Tenisha works with
The areas below are the ones Tenisha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Tenisha commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Systemic Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety or change habits. Systemic Therapy looks at how relationships and family patterns shape current problems and helps people change those interaction patterns.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to support people who are weighing change. That approach focuses on the person’s own reasons for change and helps build motivation without pressure. Together these approaches aim to clarify goals and create small, workable steps toward them.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Tenisha checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress and priorities shift.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit during a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing support possible between scheduled sessions.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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