Tanya Weekes

Tanya Weekes is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience supporting people through hard emotional moments. She practices in New York and focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self esteem, and coaching. Her work also pays particular attention to panic disorder, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues.

She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people understand what keeps problems going and to try small changes that make daily life easier. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Tanya listens for patterns, helps name feelings, and practices skills that reduce distress between appointments.

Her background includes long-term clinical work with depression, anxiety, trauma recovery, and building self-worth. That experience informs how she structures sessions and chooses practical steps that people can use right away. She also supports people who want coaching-style help to set goals and track progress.

Tanya aims to create a warm and nonjudgmental space. She emphasizes cultural sensitivity and respects how identity shapes each person's experience. Her manner is calm and direct, and she balances empathy with practical tools.

People who reach out should expect straightforward conversation, clear goals, and homework that practices new skills. To start, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on therapist availability.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Many evidence-based approaches focus on noticing thoughts, testing unhelpful beliefs, and practicing new behaviors. Cognitive techniques help people identify thinking patterns that increase anxiety or depression and practice alternative responses to feel less overwhelmed. Exposure-style methods address panic and social anxiety by gently facing feared situations in structured steps to reduce avoidance and build confidence.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve. That process can include trying different techniques and adjusting plans as progress unfolds.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm the options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it simpler to use in-the-moment skills between appointments and to practice techniques in the environments where difficulties occur.