Tanya Underwood

Tanya Underwood is an Arizona-licensed marriage and family therapist with 16 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. She talks in straightforward terms and focuses on practical steps clients can use right away. Her approach is respectful and compassionate while keeping the work grounded and doable.

Tanya tailors conversations and plans to each person’s situation. She helps people cope with addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports those facing career changes, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, and attention-related struggles such as ADHD.

Her clinical work draws on evidence-informed approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based Therapy. She uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy and client-centered methods when they fit the goals at hand. The methods are chosen to match what a person needs rather than following a single template.

Tanya aims to keep sessions practical. Clients can expect clear goals, tools to try between meetings, and a steady check-in on what’s helping. She encourages people to notice progress, even small changes, and adjusts plans when life shifts or new issues appear.

She works with people across a wide range of concerns including LGBT issues, caregiving stress, chronic illness, codependency, and body image. Tanya believes starting therapy is a brave step and offers steady guidance through the process.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and supplies skills to change patterns that cause distress. It often helps with depression, anxiety, and sleep or eating problems. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current connections, which can help with intimacy, abandonment concerns, and communication issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Tanya collaborates with each person to decide which methods to use and adjusts them as goals change. She listens for what works and brings in new strategies when needed so the plan stays practical and relevant.

Session formats are not listed here, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and attachment-focused work to remote sessions by assigning practical exercises, using brief skills practice between meetings, and reviewing progress each week.