About Tania
Tania Johnson is a New York licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, bipolar symptoms, depression, and life transitions. She writes short, direct plans and focuses on practical steps that fit daily life. She keeps sessions respectful and compassionate.
Conversations are shaped to the person in front of her, not a one-size-fits-all script. She aims to build small, reliable habits and clearer thinking that make days feel more manageable.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on listening closely and then setting simple goals together. That might mean trying new coping strategies, practicing ways to communicate needs, or finding routines that stabilize mood. She helps people explore patterns like abandonment or attachment concerns and how those affect relationships and self-view.
Tania has three years of professional experience as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - LMHC in New York. That experience includes supporting people facing caregiver stress, cancer-related challenges, body image struggles, commitment or control issues, and the fallout from separation or domestic violence. Sessions can address disruptive mood patterns such as DMDD and broader issues like emptiness, forgiveness, or family conflict.
Her work also covers avoidant personality tendencies, communication problems, and the emotional impact of life changes. She offers a calm, practical space for people ready to try change. Conversations are collaborative, and treatment steps are adjusted as progress is made.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Evidence-based techniques focus on skills you can use between sessions. One common approach teaches practical coping strategies for anxiety and mood shifts, such as breathing exercises, activity planning, and thought-challenging to reduce overwhelming feelings. This kind of work helps when stress or low mood gets in the way of daily tasks.Another approach addresses attachment and relationship patterns by noticing how early experiences shape current responses. Sessions involve talking through patterns like abandonment fears or avoidance and practicing new ways to connect and set boundaries. This helps people improve communication and feel steadier in relationships.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to identify goals, try methods, and adjust plans based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques fit the person’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options provide flexibility for different schedules and needs, while keeping focus on practical progress and accessible support.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English