Tanya D Mizell, LPC
Compassionate counselor helping people rewrite their stories
Details
| Name | Tanya D Mizell |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Michigan |
| Licensed in | Michigan |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 23 |
About Tanya
Tanya D Mizell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan with 23 years of clinical experience. She draws on a long career supporting people who face trauma, mood disorders, and life transitions. Tanya's background includes work with adults and adolescents in challenging situations.
She focuses on listening, building trust, and helping people tell the story of what brought them here. She uses Narrative Therapy to help people separate themselves from painful experiences and rewrite personal stories.
Background and approach
Tanya also applies Client-Centered methods to create a respectful space where people set the pace and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors between sessions. Tanya has worked in settings that served people with trauma, abandonment, and complex or co-occurring conditions.
That experience informs how she recognizes overlapping issues like grief, addiction, or caregiver stress. She pays attention to practical needs while talking through emotions and patterns. Her style is collaborative and straightforward.
She often combines approaches to match what each person needs in the moment. Sessions focus on small, achievable changes and on clarifying values and priorities. People come to her for help with anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, ADHD, and career decisions.
Tanya also supports those coping with grief, eating concerns, body image, and the strain of caregiving. She works in English and sees clients located in Michigan.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief among the things Tanya works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Tanya among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Tanya among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Tanya among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Tanya among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Tanya among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Tanya directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Tanya directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approaches you can use through online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on respectful listening and letting the person set goals and pace. It helps people who need a steady, nonjudgmental space to sort through emotions and decide what matters most to them.Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from difficult events by looking at the stories they tell about those events. This approach is useful for trauma, identity questions, and relationship concerns because it opens the door to new interpretations and choices.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people try small experiments to test new behaviors. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and patterns that cause repeated problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tanya will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts the mix of Narrative, Client-Centered, and CBT techniques as progress and circumstances change.
Online sessions offer practical options to fit busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break at work. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or quick problem-solving between longer sessions. These formats make it simpler to keep continuity of care and try different ways of connecting as needs change.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Tanya help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, bipolar disorder, depression, LGBT concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, eating concerns, parenting stress, anger, self-esteem, career matters, and ADHD.
How would you describe Tanya's therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She blends Narrative Therapy, Client-Centered techniques, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful patterns and reframe personal stories.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has 23 years of professional experience working with adults and adolescents in settings that addressed trauma, comorbid conditions, and severe mental health challenges.
What credentials and location are listed for Tanya?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential (LPC) and practices in Michigan.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does Tanya offer online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Tanya?
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