Tanya Underwood

Tanya Underwood is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, trauma, and depression. She aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where people can take that first step toward change. Tanya works with each person to shape conversations and goals that fit their life and values.

With 16 years of clinical experience in Arizona, Tanya draws on practical methods to help people manage intense feelings and difficult situations. She uses mindfulness practices to help clients notice thoughts and sensations without getting overwhelmed. She also applies elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when those tools match a person's needs.

Tanya emphasizes collaboration. She listens for each person’s priorities and then designs a plan together rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions. Sessions often include learning small skills to reduce distress and building routines that support daily functioning.

Her background includes work with a broad range of concerns, from grief and parenting stress to intimacy and career questions. Tanya also supports people dealing with ADHD, compassion fatigue, chronic illness, and body image struggles. She adapts her approach depending on the issue and the person’s goals.

People who meet with Tanya can expect a steady, respectful presence and clear, actionable steps between sessions. To begin, she encourages completing the site's matching questionnaire and scheduling a time to meet.

How Tanya’s approaches translate to online work

Tanya uses mindfulness practices to help people notice thoughts and bodily cues and reduce reactivity, which can be useful for stress, anxiety, and trauma-related responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and take steps toward a meaningful life while learning to live with difficult thoughts. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people build safer, more trusting ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Tanya collaborates with each person to choose which methods to try, often mixing techniques based on what the person wants and how they respond. The therapist and client check in together about progress and adjust the plan over time.

Confirm the current session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the profile. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people practice skills and routines in the contexts where they live and work, helping translate what is learned in sessions into daily habits.