Tanya Edwards

Compassionate, practical therapy for life transitions

LICSW, LCSW, CSW Massachusetts

Experience: 15 years in practice
Focus areas: Grief, Self esteem, Depression
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Tanya

Tanya Edwards is a licensed social worker with 15 years of clinical experience who centers her work on practical, skills-based care. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and emotionally-focused methods to help people navigate grief, depression, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions.

Background and approach

Her practice also addresses caregiver stress, parenting challenges, relationship and communication problems, and career-related difficulties. She brings a strengths-oriented stance and emphasizes collaboration, working alongside clients to identify practical steps and build coping skills.

Tanya integrates mindfulness and motivational strategies when appropriate, and attends to cultural context and issues such as prejudice, multicultural concerns, and women’s issues. Hospice, end-of-life counseling, aging and geriatric concerns, and family-of-origin themes are among the additional areas she addresses.

Based in Massachusetts, Tanya holds the credentials LICSW, LCSW, and CSW and accepts English-speaking and international clients. Her approach combines evidence-informed techniques with attention to each person’s goals and values, aiming to support clearer thinking, emotional regulation, and meaningful progress across personal and professional domains.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Many clients benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy because it focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and developing practical skills for mood and behavior change; it is useful for depression, anxiety, and coping with life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and the therapeutic relationship, helping people explore values and build self-directed solutions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and reorganize emotional responses, which can support work on relationships, grief, and attachment-related concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is done collaboratively. The therapist will work with each person to consider goals, preferences, and life context and then blend methods that fit those needs rather than relying on a single technique.

Online therapy with Tanya is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it possible to continue work during life transitions, caregiving duties, or while located away from Massachusetts, and they allow for a mix of scheduled sessions and brief check-ins as needed.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Tanya commonly help with?

Tanya works with people facing grief, depression, low self-esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, relationship and family problems, parenting stress, anger, and career challenges. She also addresses related areas like body image, caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and multicultural concerns.

What is her therapeutic style and approach?

Her style is strengths-oriented and collaborative, often blending Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered and emotionally-focused techniques. She also draws on mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative approaches to meet individual needs.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Tanya has 15 years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns including depression, grief, caregiving issues, and life stage transitions.

What credentials and location are associated with her practice?

She holds LICSW, LCSW, and CSW credentials and practices from Massachusetts. License details include VT LICSW 089.0134761 and CO LCSW CSW.09929686.

Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?

Tanya provides services in English and she does accept international clients, allowing people outside the United States to connect for therapy.

In what formats are sessions available?

Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.

What does therapy cost and how are sessions billed?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on the client’s location and chosen plan.

How does someone begin working with her?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Grief Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficulties

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterEmptinessFamily of origin issuesHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityLife purposeMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsPrejudice and discriminationWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

Vermont, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Connecticut, Colorado

Languages

English