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Tessica Taylor

Compassionate counselor focused on practical change

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
7 years
Licensed in
Oklahoma
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Tessica

Tessica Taylor is a Licensed Professional Counselor who works from Oklahoma and brings seven years of professional counseling experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, anger, and other emotional challenges. Tessica speaks plain language and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.

She believes clients know their own stories and builds on existing strengths to guide change. In sessions she listens first and asks clear questions to understand what matters most.

Background and approach

She uses several evidence-based methods, including client-centered conversations, cognitive behavioral tools, and trauma-focused techniques. That means sessions may include looking at thought patterns, practicing new coping skills, and reviewing ways to respond differently to painful memories. Tessica also draws on solution-focused work to set short-term goals and make steady progress.

She combines these approaches to fit each person’s needs rather than following a single script. This helps people move from feeling stuck to trying small, doable changes. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns such as grief, relationship struggles, self-esteem, sleep and eating issues, ADHD, depression, bipolar symptoms, caregiving stress, adoption and foster care topics, and complicated family situations.

Tessica frames therapy as a partnership where clients shape the pace and direction. Sessions can include talking through current problems, practicing coping exercises, and planning next steps to support daily life. The aim is to help clients gain clearer choices and more confidence managing what they face.

How Tessica’s approaches work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what she hears, and helps people build confidence from their own strengths. This approach supports people facing stress, relationship concerns, and self-esteem struggles.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new ways of responding. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and managing anger.

Trauma-Focused Therapy gives space to process painful experiences in a paced way. It includes coping skills for managing strong emotions and steps to reduce the hold of traumatic memories over daily life. This approach is used for trauma, abuse, and related stress reactions.

Finding the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they try an approach and adjust it as needed to match the client’s needs.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats offer flexibility to fit work, school, or caregiving schedules and make it easier to maintain regular contact. They also allow follow-up between sessions through messaging so progress can continue between meetings.

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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Tessica address?
She works with a broad list of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, anger, grief, relationship and family issues, sleeping and eating problems, and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She listens first, then helps set short-term goals and teaches coping skills that people can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Tessica has seven years of professional counseling experience and has worked in school settings earlier in her career with PK-12 students.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credential LPC, licensed in Oklahoma with licence number OK LPC LPC06495.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
7 years
Licensed
Oklahoma
Languages
English

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