Therapist profile
Tanika Black, LPC
LPC in Louisiana - family and parenting concerns
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- Anger management
- Parenting stress
- Mood disorders
About Tanika
Tanika Black is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with 14 years of experience. She works with adults on common concerns such as anger, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and coping with life changes. She also addresses parenting stress, relationship challenges, grief, and issues related to sexual identity and LGBT concerns.
She helps people talk through what is happening at home and the strain of parenting. Sessions focus on practical steps to manage stress, mood swings, and overwhelming emotions. Conversations are straightforward and aim to produce clearer choices and calmer responses.
Her background includes work across diverse communities and with a wide range of presenting issues, including trauma and substance use concerns. She brings experience with postpartum depression, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, and problems like impulsivity or isolation. This makes her familiar with the day-to-day pressures that affect family life and parenting.
In sessions she prioritizes a direct, respectful approach. Clients can expect a focus on skills and strategies to handle immediate problems, along with space to process difficult feelings. She matches techniques to what each person needs and what they want to work on.
People often come for help with sleep and eating concerns linked to stress, panic or phobias, and for support around work and career strain. She encourages clear planning, small behavior changes, and regular check-ins so progress can be checked and adjusted as needed.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches are used online
Evidence-based techniques often focus on concrete strategies that change thoughts and behavior. For example, cognitive-style work helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different ways of thinking to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms. These methods are useful for mood disorders, panic, and negative self-talk.Behavioral strategies are another common method. This involves planning small, doable changes in daily routines like sleep, activity, and exposure to avoided situations. That approach can help with sleep problems, phobias, and motivation related to depression and parenting stress.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying practical ideas, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan when needed.
Confirm the session formats before you book since the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a schedule. It can also let people choose options that work with their comfort around being on camera, needing less bandwidth, or wanting a brief phone check-in instead of a longer meeting.
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Louisiana, Texas
Languages
English
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What kinds of family or parenting concerns does she help with?
She helps people with parenting stress, strained relationships at home, adoption and foster care questions, and the impact of caregiving on daily life.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses a direct, practical style that focuses on skills and clear strategies to manage stress, moods, and relationships. Conversations aim to identify small steps a person can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 14 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance related issues.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, licensed in Texas and Louisiana, and practices from Louisiana.
Does she offer sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography.
How are fees handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.