- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LCMHC, MD, LCPC
- Licensed in
- West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Tanya
Tanya McClung is a licensed counselor based in West Virginia. She holds LCMHC and LCPC credentials and has ten years of practice as a licensed professional counselor. Tanya works plainly and directly with common concerns parents face when stress and emotional strain build up.
Her sessions often focus on managing anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and self-esteem struggles. She helps people handle parenting challenges and relationship or family tensions with practical tools.
Background and approach
She also supports clients processing trauma and abuse and coping with major life changes. Tanya draws from several approaches to shape each session. She uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to the person in the room.
Cognitive behavioral tools are used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy skills help with emotion regulation and distress tolerance when intense feelings arise. Her background includes an undergraduate degree in social work and a master’s in professional counseling.
Over her career she has worked with people facing attachment and family-of-origin issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and chronic illness or pain. She also has experience with identity questions, communication problems, and co-occurring conditions. In sessions she aims to find what is driving a problem, not only treat the symptoms.
The approach is collaborative - goals and strategies are set together so parents can try new skills between meetings. Tanya offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules.
What Tanya works with
Everything Tanya lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tanya helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tanya lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that shape online parenting support
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's concerns. Sessions aim to reflect what matters most and build on a person's strengths to make gradual change. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers straightforward tools to test and change unhelpful thinking and to build new routines for stress, anxiety, and mood challenges. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, provides skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication. These techniques can be useful when parenting stress or relationship tensions feel overwhelming. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to agree on goals, tries methods that fit the situation, and adjusts plans based on what helps. This shared process makes it easier to try new skills between sessions. Online formats offer practical benefits for busy parents. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation without travel. Phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick skill reminders, and flexible communication between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a day that already feels full.Questions people ask about Tanya
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, relationship and family tensions, and low self-esteem.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative, using client-centered listening alongside cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques to teach skills and change patterns.
What experience does she bring?
She has ten years as a licensed professional counselor and a background in social work and professional counseling education.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in North Carolina and holds credentials LCMHC and LCPC, and she practices from West Virginia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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