Tarsha Washington, LPC

Tarsha Washington is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting struggles. She aims to make therapy straightforward and practical. Her approach centers on respect, warmth, and encouraging clients to make their own choices.

Tarsha uses simple, person-centered methods to help people identify problems and try workable changes. She listens for strengths and helps clients build on them. Sessions emphasize clearer communication, managing strong feelings, and setting realistic goals.

Her background includes an undergraduate degree in social work from Herbert Lehman College in the Bronx, New York. That training introduced her to relationship principles that shape her work, such as recognizing each person as an individual and encouraging purposeful expression of feelings.

She blends cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered care and other practical techniques to address patterns that keep people stuck. Tarsha aims to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors that fit their values and goals.

In the room she focuses on acceptance rather than judgment, and on helping people take realistic steps forward. She pays attention to barriers that affect home, school, work, or social life and works with clients to reduce those barriers.

With eight years as an LPC and many more roles in social services, Tarsha brings real-world experience to sessions. Her style is collaborative, clear, and grounded in everyday solutions rather than jargon.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with warmth and acceptance. It helps people feel heard, explore their priorities, and make choices that fit their lives. This approach is useful when someone needs support sorting out feelings and deciding next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions. It helps people notice patterns that create stress or anxiety and practice new ways of thinking and behaving. CBT is often used for worry, low mood, and stress-related problems.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that match their needs and preferences. Together they adjust the plan as progress is made so the work stays relevant and practical.

Online therapy offers options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexibility. Video works well for face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or when someone prefers not to schedule a full call. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep consistent momentum on goals.