About Tania
Tania Valente offers calm, direct support for people managing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, addiction, and life transitions. She uses a warm, interpersonal style and focuses on practical steps you can try between sessions.
Background and approach
People who prefer a collaborative, realistic approach are likely to feel understood and guided toward clearer choices. Valente is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - with 18 years of clinical experience.
She has worked in a range of settings including hospitals, community health, university counseling, hospice, and integrated care. That background means she has helped people with depression, trauma, parenting challenges, substance concerns, and end-of-life issues.
Her work blends emotion-focused listening with skills-based practice. She uses approaches like cognitive behavioral work to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, and emotionally focused work to improve connection and communication.
EMDR is also part of her toolkit for people processing traumatic memories. Sessions aim to be straightforward and actionable.
Expect a mix of listening, reflection, and exercises you can try at home. The therapist pays attention to relationships and patterns that shape daily life, while helping clients set realistic goals.
She speaks English and Portuguese and welcomes clients from different regions. The practice emphasizes steady progress over quick fixes, and the therapist partners with each person to find what fits their life and goals.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small, value-driven steps even when thoughts or feelings feel heavy. It helps with anxiety, depression, and major life transitions by teaching practical actions tied to personal values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives concrete tools to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, insomnia, depression, and stress by teaching skills you can practice between sessions.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on improving emotional connection and communication. It can help people understand recurring interaction patterns and try new ways of relating that reduce conflict and increase closeness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences during early sessions and recommend strategies that fit the client’s situation. Decisions about which methods to use are collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between appointments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico, Texas
- Languages
- English, Portuguese