- Client-centered care
- CBT strategies
- Multicultural focus
About Tanya
Tanya Kennedy is a Minnesota-licensed therapist with 21 years of experience helping people facing anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, trauma, and self-esteem challenges. She focuses on meeting each person where they are and building practical steps forward. Her approach is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making therapy feel manageable for worried parents and busy adults.
She uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people lead the pace of work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is also part of her toolbox when clients want clear strategies to change distressing thoughts and behaviors. Sessions emphasize small, doable changes and skills that can be practiced between meetings.
Tanya pays attention to cultural context and multicultural concerns when they are relevant to a person's experience. That means making room for identity, background, and life circumstances in the conversation. She aims to adapt what she offers to reflect each person’s values and needs.
Over two decades in practice have focused on helping people build resilience after difficult experiences. Tanya prioritizes collaboration and respects the client’s expertise about their own life. She works to make each session a place to try new ways of coping and to notice real progress.
To begin, she asks people to share what matters most to them and sets goals together. The work tends to be practical, steady, and centered on what will make daily life easier.
How Tanya Uses Client-Centered and CBT Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s lead. It centers the person’s own goals and feelings, and the therapist offers empathy and acceptance while the client guides the pace and topics. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) gives concrete tools for changing thoughts and behaviors, such as identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing different responses to stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Tanya will collaborate with each person to decide whether a more exploratory, client-led path or a skills-based CBT focus makes the most sense. Goals, daily life demands, and what feels comfortable will shape that decision together.
Practical benefits of online therapy can include fitting sessions into a busy day and making it easier to keep appointments around work or childcare. Online options may also allow for shorter check-in meetings or sessions that do not require video if that better suits someone’s needs. Session formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking to know what is available and how they can fit into everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
21+ years
Listed in
Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Tanya commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, and depression.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is compassionate and collaborative, with an emphasis on listening and helping clients set practical goals.
How much experience does she have?
Tanya has 21 years of experience as a practicing therapist in Minnesota.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LPCC credential and practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm the current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.