Tonya Pleasant, LCPC

Tonya Pleasant is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Maryland with 25 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, parenting pressures, addiction issues, grief, and self-esteem struggles. Her work also touches on caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, and life changes that affect everyday routines.

Pleasant uses plain, practical methods in sessions. She listens and helps people name what matters to them. She teaches coping skills and behavior-change techniques that can be tried between meetings. Expect short-term tools alongside conversational reflection about patterns and choices.

Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. That mix lets her shift between learning new skills, focusing on emotions, and examining long-standing patterns. She highlights strengths and keeps goals concrete.

Sessions include talking through family and parenting stress without assuming family members will attend sessions together. She helps adults sort practical problems at home, improve communication, and manage the day-to-day demands of caregiving and parenting. Work can include grief, intimacy-related concerns, and figuring out next steps after separation.

Pleasant trained at the University of Maryland, College Park, and brings a background in rehabilitation counseling, family therapy, and community development to her practice. Her style is straightforward and results-focused, with an eye toward measurable change and daily improvements.

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