Profile / United States
Tonya Pleasant, LCPC
Maryland
LCPC counselor - stress and relationships
See online therapy options- CBT strategies
- ACT informed work
- Practical coping skills
About Tonya
Tonya Pleasant is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland with 25 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting and family issues, addictions, grief, and problems with sleep and eating. She also works with people facing career changes, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and seasonal mood shifts.
Tonya draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) alongside client-centered and emotionally focused ideas. She explains how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers clear, practical tools to test new ways of responding. Sessions focus on simple skills to interrupt problem patterns and build on what already works for the person.
Her style emphasizes concrete strategies and small experiments. She listens, suggests coping skills, and helps people try behavior-change steps between sessions. Progress is tracked through observable changes and by checking which strategies fit daily life.
Tonya trained at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she earned a Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling and a Bachelor of Science in Family Therapy and Community Development. Her background includes long experience across counseling settings, with many different kinds of life concerns.
People who choose her often want structured, practical work on feelings, habits, and relationships. She supports self-reflection paired with doable exercises that can be practiced between appointments. For booking, follow the site process to see online therapy options and schedule an initial session.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Tonya uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in ways that fit well with sessions conducted at a distance. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing alternative behaviors through short experiments and homework. This helps with anxiety, sleep problems, mood, and habits that people want to change. ACT emphasizes noticing values and taking committed steps toward them while learning simple skills to tolerate difficult feelings, which can help with stress, caregiver strain, and life transitions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss options and adapt methods based on a person’s goals, day-to-day demands, and what techniques feel useful. That collaborative process helps decide which tools to try first and how to structure sessions going forward.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking because formats were not specified in the biography. Ask the site or clinician which online formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and let people practice skills in their usual surroundings without needing travel time.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family concerns, addictions, grief, sleep and eating problems, anger, career changes, and caregiver stress.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to show how thoughts influence feelings and actions, then teaches concrete exercises to change unhelpful habits and test new responses in daily life.
What is her professional background?
She has 25 years in counseling after completing a Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling and a Bachelor of Science in Family Therapy and Community Development from the University of Maryland, College Park.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the country work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved to begin?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule the first session.
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