About Tanya
Tanya DesArmo greets people with a calm, straightforward approach. She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Wisconsin with 16 years of experience. Tanya focuses on helping individuals facing family conflict, trauma, parenting stress, and issues with self-esteem and motivation.
She believes people know their own stories and brings practical support to help them move forward. Sessions aim to identify strengths and small, manageable steps. Tanya frames change as a process and works at a steady, respectful pace.
Background and approach
Her work often includes coping strategies for anxiety, grief, sleep trouble, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with addictions, compassion fatigue, and concerns tied to adoption or foster care. Financial worries, career questions, and struggles with self-love or body image are also within her focus.
Tanya uses approaches that are collaborative and action-oriented. She mixes client-centered conversation with tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based methods. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques help when people want short-term direction or clearer goals.
In sessions she helps people set realistic goals, practice new ways of thinking, and try small behavioral changes. The aim is clearer choices and less overwhelm. Tanya keeps language plain and avoids jargon so parents and busy adults can follow along easily.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Tanya blends practical, collaborative methods that translate well to online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding so people feel heard and can name their goals; it helps when someone needs steady support and space to sort things out. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches clear tools to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and improve sleep by practicing small changes. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness skills that can reduce rumination and improve stress management through short practices people can use between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Tanya works with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. She will try techniques, get feedback, and adjust plans so sessions stay useful and goal-directed.
Online sessions offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let people read facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions are a lower-bandwidth option when video is difficult. Live chat and text messaging provide brief check-ins, shorter coaching-style conversations, or ongoing support between longer meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, parenting schedules, or times when a quick check-in is most helpful.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English