Tanya Mills, LCSW - Therapist in Virginia

About Tanya

Tanya Mills is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, skills-based therapy to help people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She frames sessions around what the person already knows about their life and looks for strengths to build on.

Her tone is supportive and direct, aimed at parents and caregivers who want clear tools and steady guidance. In sessions she focuses on concrete steps you can take between meetings.

Background and approach

Tanya draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and Mindfulness Therapy to help reduce reactivity and increase calm. These tools are taught in simple, everyday language.

Her work centers on practical communication skills, repairing hurt from separation or divorce, and rebuilding self-respect and motivation. Tanya helps people break difficult patterns, practice new ways of relating, and make small changes that add up over time. She asks questions that clarify goals and then tries techniques that match those goals.

Tanya holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and practices in Virginia. She has three years of professional experience. Sessions are structured to be collaborative, with the person’s priorities guiding the pace and focus of therapy.

Parents who want straightforward strategies for handling conflict, improving communication, or recovering confidence will find sessions that emphasize real-world skills and steady support.

Online approaches that teach real skills

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing the behaviors they lead to. It helps with low mood, negative self-talk, and patterns that make relationships harder.

DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. It is useful when feelings feel overwhelming and reactions strain relationships.

Mindfulness Therapy centers on simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. These practices can make it easier to notice choices in tense moments.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. Techniques may be adjusted over time based on what is helpful.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to use these approaches through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That flexibility makes it easier to fit sessions around parenting and work responsibilities. It also allows consistent access to tools and check-ins without travel, so learning new skills can happen between daily tasks.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Tanya focus on?

She focuses on relationship stress, parenting challenges, self-esteem struggles, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include communication problems, divorce and separation, forgiveness, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues.

What is her general therapy style?

She uses practical, skills-based approaches that teach tools you can use between sessions. The work is collaborative and aimed at changing patterns and building strengths.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has three years of professional experience working with these concerns. That experience shapes a direct, practical way of working in sessions.

What credentials and location should I know about?

She holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - with license number VA LCSW 0904017032 and practices in Virginia.

In which language are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

Which session formats are available?

Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to connect.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin therapy?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Parenting issues
Self esteem

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 3 years
Licensed: Virginia
Languages: English

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