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Online therapist

Tashima Kinney

Calm, practical support for family challenges

Credentials
LPC
Experience
13 years
Licensed in
Missouri, New Jersey
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Tashima

Tashima Kinney is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who blends practical, client-centered techniques with focused strategies. She uses straightforward methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and relationship or family struggles. Her style is direct and collaborative, aimed at making small changes that add up over time.

Kinney has practiced as a counselor for 13 years and holds a background in psychology and education. She has worked in settings that involved families and adults and has pursued trainings in trauma-informed care and related topics that support her work with trauma and abuse.

Background and approach

She lists Missouri as her practice location and provides services in English, including to international clients. In sessions she draws from Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. That means she listens closely, helps people notice patterns, teaches short-term coping techniques, and addresses painful experiences with care.

Therapy focuses on practical steps clients can try between sessions. Her areas of focus include parenting and family concerns, blended family issues, communication and control problems, substance and process addictions, grief, intimacy issues, ADHD, and multicultural concerns. She also addresses anger, codependency, infidelity, and fatherhood issues.

Appointments are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging using a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.

Practical approaches for online family and parenting support

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to each person. It helps clients feel heard and shapes goals around their priorities. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress, which can be useful for anxiety, anger, and parenting challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to test methods and adjust based on needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying a mindfulness exercise, practicing a communication skill, or using brief solution-focused steps and then deciding together what helps most.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, or family demands. Clients can use tools that let them practice techniques between meetings and check in in shorter ways when needed, which helps keep progress moving forward.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

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.

Solution-Focused Therapy

Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, grief, ADHD, and related problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and practical, using mindfulness and solution-focused methods alongside trauma-informed techniques when needed.
What is her professional background?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 13 years of counseling experience and additional training in trauma-informed care and related topics.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds LPC credentials in Missouri with licence details MO LPC 2007035484 and NJ LPC 37PC00842700 and practices from Missouri.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling based on therapist availability.

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