Tanja Hoenscheidt , LPC

Tanja Hoenscheidt is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 14 years of experience practicing in Texas. She focuses on helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, ADHD, and challenges tied to identity and relationships. Her style is warm and straightforward, with an emphasis on understanding what feels most important to each person.

Tanja uses a person-centered approach that begins by listening. She pays attention to personal patterns and life history to help clients build self-awareness. From there she works with people to develop practical tools they can use between sessions.

Her clinical toolkit includes cognitive behavior techniques, mindfulness, and acceptance strategies. These methods are used to address mood concerns like bipolar symptoms, panic attacks, and depression, as well as issues such as trauma, self-harm thoughts, and compassion fatigue. She also helps people with body image, smoking or vaping cessation, and impulses that cause trouble in daily life.

In sessions she emphasizes collaboration and realistic steps. That might mean practicing new ways to communicate, setting small behavior goals, or learning mindfulness exercises for strong emotions. The goal is clearer thinking and more manageable days rather than quick fixes.

Tanja offers care that respects each person's identity and story. She is experienced supporting LGBT concerns, adoption and foster care issues, aging and caregiver stress, autism-related needs, gender dysphoria, and blended family dynamics. Her work aims to make everyday life feel more navigable and purposeful.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying what matters to them. It supports action toward personal values even when emotions are uncomfortable and can be useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation struggles.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises and homework to change unhelpful thinking patterns and reduce symptoms of panic, depression, and mood swings.

Tanja treats the choice of approach as a shared process. She works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and day-to-day life, and she adjusts strategies as progress unfolds. This collaborative process helps shape clear, realistic steps and goals.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skill practice, phone sessions can be a good option with limited bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between appointments. These formats emphasize flexibility and access so therapy can match a person's schedule and communication preferences.