About Tanika
Tanika Sharpe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She focuses on practical ways to cope and rebuild routines so daily life feels more manageable. Tanika writes plainly and offers steady support as people work through hard moments.
She draws on a background in both clinical and community settings. That experience included inpatient psychiatric care, substance use services, and community-based supports.
Background and approach
Those roles shaped her skills in assessment and treatment planning, and in coordinating care with other professionals. Her therapy style centers on cognitive-behavioral ideas. She helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small, doable changes.
Sessions emphasize building coping skills and practical homework that fits everyday life. Tanika brings a culturally responsive stance to sessions. She aims to listen first and adapt recommendations to each person’s circumstances.
She encourages steady, realistic progress rather than quick fixes. Running marathons informs how she approaches therapy. She values consistency, patience, and resilience, and she talks about progress as a series of small steps.
Tanika holds a Virginia LCSW license and practices in Virginia, offering services in English.
How therapeutic methods translate to online care
Tanika uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques in online sessions. Cognitive-behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors through small steps. This helps with anxiety, low mood, and stress by giving concrete tools to use between meetings. She also draws on practical skill-building for addictions and coping with life changes, teaching strategies for urges, routine planning, and relapse prevention in clear, stepwise ways. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client will talk through goals, preferences, and what feels doable. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them over time based on what helps most. Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief skills practice, or when a shorter touchpoint fits better into a day. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities while keeping the focus on steady progress.Frequently asked questions
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English