About Tonya
Tonya Parrish is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, bipolar concerns, addictions, and self-esteem struggles. She also supports work and career issues, parenting and family tensions, LGBT concerns, anger, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
Tonya works mainly with adults and uses a warm, person-centered style. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual.
How Tonya works
She aims to build trust, listen carefully, and treat each person as more than a diagnosis. Her methods include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, and solution-focused strategies. She mixes approaches to fit what the person needs in the moment.
That can mean looking at thoughts and behaviors, reshaping how someone talks about their story, or setting small, doable goals. Tonya describes her practice as compassionate and practical. She emphasizes recovery and growth and helps people find tools for daily life.
Conversations are straightforward and aimed at making progress between sessions. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial appointment. Tonya offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose the format that fits their routine.
Tonya lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Tonya works with
The areas below are the ones Tonya selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
Approaches you can use online with Tonya
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person as an individual. It helps people feel heard and respected while they explore their feelings and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and depression. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and builds motivation for steps like reducing substance use or changing habits.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Tonya will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then suggest a mix of methods that fits their situation. Together they try approaches and adjust based on what helps the person make steady progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter updates, note-taking between sessions, and people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy lives and to keep momentum between meetings.
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