Dr. Thomas Tashjian, MA Psychologist 3022

Dr. Thomas Tashjian helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, bipolar conditions, ADHD, addictions, trauma and grief. He also works with problems like sleep difficulties, low self-esteem, parenting strain, and coping with life changes. His first paragraph introduces him and his practice in plain terms.

He uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test them with real-life experiments. He also draws on dialectical behavior skills and mindfulness to reduce intense emotions and improve day-to-day coping. Motivational interviewing and somatic work are used when people need help with change or with bodily responses to stress.

Dr. Tashjian trained in psychology and holds an MA Psychologist credential. He has practiced for more than three decades and brings experience with attention, learning differences, chronic pain and health-related mood changes. He has background in pharmacology that helps him discuss how physical health and medications can affect mood and behavior.

Sessions tend to be practical and aimed at building skills people can use between meetings. He can help separate effects of physical illness or medication from psychological concerns, and suggest strategies to reduce those effects when possible. He also encourages outdoor activity, exercise, and meaningful routines when they fit a person’s life.

Outside of clinical work he is an outdoorsman and marathoner who enjoys animals and writes short parables about them. That interest in active, experiential approaches informs some therapy options he offers for people who benefit from movement and real-world practice.

Approaches that translate to online work

Dr. Tashjian commonly uses cognitive behavioral work and mindfulness-based practices when doing online therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments to test new ideas, which works well in video and text formats. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce stress and reactivity, useful in short practice assignments between sessions. He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance for intense feelings.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and daily life and together decide which methods to try first. Sessions often include agreed homework and practical steps to use between meetings so people can see what helps them most.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for full sessions with conversation and exercises, phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter focused exchanges, and text messaging supports ongoing check-ins and coaching between meetings. These options help fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other routines.