Tashica Halyard, LPC, MD, LCPC
Supportive counselor for stress and anger management
Book with TashicaWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Depression
How Tashica works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC, MD, LCPC
- Licensed in
- Maryland, Texas, Michigan
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Tashica
Tashica Halyard is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, and addiction. She listens without judgment and focuses on what matters to each person. Her goal is to help clients feel understood and build practical skills for everyday life.
She uses straightforward talk and guided exercises to address problems like relationship strain, sleep trouble, and low self-esteem. Tashica blends approaches so sessions match what a person needs that week.
Background and approach
This can mean learning new thinking patterns, practicing emotional skills, or clarifying values to guide decisions. With eight years of experience she has worked with people dealing with trauma, grief, and the strain of caregiving. She also supports those navigating LGBTQ concerns, blended family tensions, and substance issues.
Tashica pays attention to how attachment and past family dynamics shape current patterns. Her training includes work with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered methods. These guide practical steps and personal reflection rather than abstract theory.
Sessions aim to leave people with tools they can use between meetings. People who meet with her can expect a calm, direct approach that focuses on goals and small, sustainable changes. She encourages honesty about what’s working and what isn’t.
That helps tailor the plan as therapy progresses.
What Tashica works with
Everything Tashica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Tashica's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tashica lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. It often involves simple exercises and small behavioral changes that transfer well to remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or anger. CBT uses short homework tasks and skill practice that are easy to review during video or messaging sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to weigh options based on goals, preferences, and what has helped before. Together they adjust methods over time so sessions feel useful and targeted to current struggles.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and messaging let people check in between meetings or use brief notes for progress tracking. These formats increase flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent with everyday life.
Questions people ask about Tashica
What kinds of concerns does she help address?
Tashica works with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, depression, relationship problems, trauma, grief, low self-esteem, sleep problems, parenting strain, and related issues listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She combines client-centered listening with practical strategies from approaches like ACT and CBT to help people change unhelpful patterns and move toward their values.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional work experience supporting people with a range of life and mental health concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in multiple states and lists Maryland as a location of practice with the credentials LPC, MD LCPC provided.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
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?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.