Tanya Richmond

Tanya Richmond is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, changes in life, compassion fatigue, trauma, and career questions. Tanya focuses on practical ways to feel steadier and more capable during hard seasons.

Her approach is warm, reflective, and person-centered. Tanya listens first to learn what matters to each person. She avoids labels and tailors sessions to meet individual needs and goals.

Sessions often include mindfulness practices such as guided breathing and meditation. Tanya also draws on cognitive behavioral and solution-focused ideas to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new strategies. She may bring gentle movement practices like qi gong into the work when that fits a person’s preference.

Tanya has supported caregivers, people facing aging and geriatric concerns, those coping with hospice and end-of-life issues, and people navigating isolation or life purpose questions. She also works with individuals affected by disasters and those living with intellectual disability, adapting her style to what each person needs.

People who come for help can expect collaborative planning and concrete steps between sessions. Tanya aims to help clients identify what they want to change and build manageable habits to reach those goals. She offers guidance while respecting each person’s pace and choices.

How Tanya Uses Therapeutic Approaches Online

Tanya often draws on client-centered work and mindfulness practices to help people feel heard and become more aware of their thoughts and bodies. Client-centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and tailoring sessions to what matters most to the person. Mindfulness Therapy uses guided breathing and awareness exercises to reduce reactivity and build a steadier sense of presence.

She may also use elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking and try different responses. CBT focuses on practical exercises and short-term experiments that can create noticeable shifts in daily routines and mood. Together, these approaches offer both acceptance of current experience and tools for change, and Tanya will collaborate with each person to find the right mix based on goals and preferences.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, remove travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let a person use practices like guided breathing or brief movement between work or caregiving tasks. Tanya will help determine what approach and session rhythm best fit each person’s life and needs.