Tanya Underwood, LMFT
Arizona · 16 years in practice
Tanya Underwood is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Arizona with 16 years of experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, Arizona
- LMFT-15444 · expires January 2028
- NPI
- 1184815516 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Tanya
Tanya Underwood is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Arizona with 16 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Tanya aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where clients can begin difficult conversations and make practical changes.
She listens first and adapts her work to each person’s needs. Sessions focus on clear goals and everyday skills clients can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Tanya uses a mix of approaches so therapy fits the person rather than forcing a single method. Her practice draws on evidence-informed approaches including cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based work. Those methods help people notice unhelpful patterns, practice new responses, and choose actions that match their values.
Attachment-oriented ideas also guide conversations about early relationships and how they show up now. Tanya emphasizes collaboration. She helps clients set realistic steps, build coping skills, and track progress over time.
Practical tools for sleep, eating, anger, or focus are offered alongside deeper emotional work when needed. In addition to common concerns like grief, parenting stress, and career strain, she addresses issues such as body image, caregiving burden, chronic illness, and ADHD-related struggles. Sessions are offered in English and are tailored to the person’s pace and goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tanya lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- 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
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tanya names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and take action toward what they value. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, avoidance, and big life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which helps with anxiety, mood, sleep, and coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns that began early in life and how they affect current bonds, trust, and intimacy, helping with relationship struggles and emotional regulation.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Therapy plans are adjusted over time so interventions match the person's needs rather than following a fixed script.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make regular work manageable. Video sessions fit fuller conversations and face-to-face style work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat is a good short check-in, and text messaging lets people send updates between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into busy schedules and keep progress moving forward.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Tanya help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting challenges, sleep and eating struggles, and many other life concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Tanya combines practical skill-building with reflective work. Sessions focus on clear steps, coping strategies, and conversations about what matters to the client.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience providing mental health support in Arizona.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in Arizona.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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