Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
How Tanisha works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Tanisha
Tanisha Crawford is a New York Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and the strain that comes with major life changes. Her work emphasizes practical skills and steady support for everyday challenges.
She takes a straightforward, client-centered approach. Sessions begin by listening closely to what matters most and then matching simple strategies to those goals.
Background and approach
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other problem-focused methods to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Tanisha also uses motivational interviewing to help people move through ambivalence and find reasons to try new habits. Solution-focused techniques are used to set clear, achievable steps so progress is visible and manageable.
These methods are applied in ways that fit each person’s pace and needs. People often seek her out for relationship and family stress, parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy. She also works with those facing caregiver strain, medical-related stress, adoption and attachment questions, and neurodiversity topics such as autism or Asperger syndrome.
Her sessions aim to teach coping tools, reduce reactivity, and improve communication. Tanisha supports people in building routines and actions that make day-to-day life feel more controllable and less overwhelming.
What Tanisha works with
Everything Tanisha lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Tanisha's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tanisha lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s priorities first and focuses on listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace; it helps when someone needs understanding before learning new skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thinking and behavior patterns with concrete exercises and homework to reduce symptoms like anxiety, anger, or depression. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change by exploring ambivalence and building internal motivation.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will start by asking about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will test methods, make adjustments, and choose strategies that fit the client’s needs and preferences rather than applying one fixed model.
Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options increase flexibility and help people maintain continuity of care despite travel, work, or caregiving demands.
Questions people ask about Tanisha
What concerns does Tanisha address in therapy?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and parenting challenges, self-esteem issues, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and practical, focusing on listening first, then teaching tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and solution-focused methods to address immediate problems.
What is her professional background?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and brings two decades of experience working with people on emotional and behavioral concerns.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in New York and is licensed as an LCSW in New York.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or across borders?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to her availability.