About Tanya
Tanya Samuelian is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and low self-esteem. She also supports those facing life changes and anyone looking for coaching around goals, money, or sense of purpose.
Background and approach
Her approach aims to make therapy practical and relatable for busy lives. Tanya keeps sessions collaborative and down-to-earth.
She uses a mix of talk work and hands-on tools so people can leave with concrete steps. Conversations focus on what feels most pressing and on small changes that add up over time.
She brings nine years of clinical experience in California to her work. That time has given her familiarity with burnout, perfectionism, and the pressure to appear "together" while feeling overwhelmed inside.
Tanya tries to help clients name the patterns that get in the way and practice alternatives that fit their daily routines. Tanya draws on evidence-based therapeutic ideas along with psychodynamic thinking to look at both symptoms and deeper patterns.
Cognitive-style tools are used when clients want practical strategies for anxiety, mood, or communication problems. Sessions balance structure with flexibility to match each person’s pace.
Many people come to her aiming to improve communication, build self-love, repair trust through forgiveness, or find clearer life direction. Tanya aims to make the work feel usable, offering skills people can try between sessions and refine over time.
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions work
Evidence-based techniques are used to help with symptoms and daily coping. Cognitive-style tools focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing new responses to reduce anxiety and lift mood. These tools give short exercises and homework you can try between sessions to test what works.Psychodynamic ideas help people see recurring patterns and understand how past experiences shape current relationships and reactions. This approach can be useful when someone wants to explore deeper themes like self-worth, forgiveness, or recurring relationship dynamics.
Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and preferences. That means trying strategies, reviewing what helps, and adjusting the plan together as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging or live chat can support ongoing processing between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, or other commitments while keeping continuity of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English