- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Katiuska
Katiuska Tanner is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on practical, evidence-based therapy for everyday struggles. She prioritizes helping people feel safer, manage stress, and build better coping skills. Katiuska writes plainly and meets people where they are, whether they prefer video, phone, text, or chat sessions.
She has about 10 years of experience working in outpatient and inpatient settings, in homes, hospitals, and schools. Early in her career she supported people struggling with mental health and substance use as a case manager before moving into direct therapeutic work in 2012.
Background and approach
That background informs a grounded, no-nonsense approach in session. Katiuska often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavioral changes. She focuses on concrete steps someone can take between sessions to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or address anger and addictions.
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, while staying attentive to the person's pace. She supports a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, eating issues, and parenting challenges. Katiuska also addresses relationship stress, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, career concerns, and matters related to LGBT identity.
Clients in Florida can expect a therapist who emphasizes steadiness and real skills. Katiuska aims to help people find greater stability and a clearer sense of meaning in daily life.
What Katiuska works with
Everything Katiuska lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Katiuska helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Many clients benefit from cognitive behavioral techniques that identify unhelpful thoughts and encourage small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or improve mood. These practical exercises and between-session tasks work well in remote sessions. Mindfulness-based and grounding strategies can also be used online to help manage stress, anger, and trauma-related symptoms by focusing on breathing, attention, and present-moment awareness.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit those needs. This makes it easier to adjust techniques over time so they feel useful and realistic for daily life.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quick check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and stay consistent while working toward steady improvement.
Questions people ask about Katiuska
What issues does Katiuska help with?
She addresses stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, eating problems, bipolar challenges, anger, self-esteem, career worries, and LGBT-related matters.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses practical, evidence-based techniques such as cognitive-behavioral methods to identify unhelpful thoughts and try behavioral changes. Sessions emphasize step-by-step skills and short-term goals.
How long has she been practicing?
Katiuska has about 10 years of experience working in outpatient and inpatient settings, schools, and earlier roles as a case manager supporting people with mental health and substance use concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, licensed in Florida and practicing with clients based in that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are offered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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