Tashica Halyard, LPC, MD, LCPC

Tashica Halyard is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship strain, and questions around identity. She uses simple, practical steps so conversations stay clear and focused. Tashica aims to make each session feel calm and approachable for someone who may be nervous about starting therapy.

Tashica brings eight years of clinical experience and holds LPC and LCPC credentials. She is based in Maryland and works with people dealing with depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues with intimacy and self-esteem. Her background includes supporting people with parenting challenges, sleeping problems, anger, and career stress.

Her approach blends evidence-based tools and listening. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and client-centered work appear in her practice. That means sessions often look at unhelpful thinking, build skills for emotion and behavior, and focus on values and what matters most to the client.

She also addresses a wide range of focused concerns such as attachment and abandonment issues, blended family struggles, body image, codependency, and substance use. Tashica pays attention to how past family of origin patterns may shape current behaviors and relationships.

Work with her can include short-term problem solving and longer work on deeper patterns. Sessions are offered in English and may be scheduled through online formats that fit a busy life. She welcomes international clients and tailors plans to each person’s goals.

Therapy approaches you can use online

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people name and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing strong emotions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on what matters most to a person and builds skills to act in line with those values. It can help with stress, coping with life changes, and persistent worries.

Client-centered therapy centers the conversation on the person's own experience and uses empathy and reflective listening to help them find their own solutions. This approach is helpful when someone needs space to process feelings and make decisions.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. During early sessions the therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked before. Together they will try methods that match the person's needs and adjust the plan over time.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when video matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send thoughts between sessions or check in without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into work, family, or travel routines.