Tanya McClung, LCMHC, LCPC

Tanya McClung, LCMHC, LCPC, offers practical, person-centered counseling from her base in West Virginia. She keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what matters most to the client. Tanya listens carefully, helps clarify what’s causing distress, and works with each person to set realistic goals for change.

She draws on ten years of licensed practice to address stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. Her experience includes supporting people who face trauma and abuse, parenting strain, relationship trouble, and low self-esteem. Sexual dysfunction is also listed among her areas of focus when relevant to a client's concerns.

Tanya uses Client-Centered Therapy to make space for each person’s experience and to build trust. She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and coping skills. These approaches are blended to meet practical goals rather than relying on one single method.

Her training and past roles include work with adoption and foster care issues, family of origin concerns, attachment questions, and chronic illness. Tanya also has experience with dissociation, emptiness, and control or dependency patterns that can affect daily life.

Sessions focus on clear steps clients can use between meetings. Tanya encourages small, doable changes and tracks progress together. Prospective clients are invited to use the site’s Start Therapy button to begin the matching process and schedule according to therapist availability.

How Tanya’s Therapeutic Approaches Work Online

Tanya combines Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to create a practical, collaborative process. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, understanding personal values, and letting the client lead discussions. It helps people feel heard and develop clearer goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and offers tools to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.

She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotional regulation or strong mood swings are present. DBT teaches concrete strategies for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication. Tanya will work with each person to pick which methods match their situation and goals rather than using one fixed model. Finding the right fit is collaborative and can change over time as needs evolve.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and keeping momentum between meetings. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, please confirm current session options before booking. The focus is on making therapy usable in everyday life - shorter check-ins, skill-building between sessions, and scheduling that fits work or family commitments while maintaining consistent progress.