Takiya Tarlton , LCMHC, LPC

Takiya Tarlton is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing from Virginia who brings 14 years of experience supporting people in school and community settings. She combines professional training with a practical, strengths-based approach to help clients identify inner resources and make meaningful changes.

Her work focuses on helping individuals discover how to shape a life that aligns with their values and allows them to present their best selves to others. She emphasizes the importance of self-care and teaching clients how to assertively express needs so they can experience feeling valued, loved, and accepted within relationships.

Tarlton provides guidance for stress and anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, and self-esteem work. She also addresses blended family issues, communication problems, divorce and separation, first responder and veteran experiences, pregnancy and childbirth, life purpose, women’s issues, workplace stresses, and young adult transitions.

Her clinical practice draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), applied collaboratively to fit each person’s goals and situation. She holds licensure in North Carolina (LCMHC 10231) and Virginia (LPC 0701007535).

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify what matters most to them and build actions that align with those values. It focuses on learning to accept difficult feelings while committing to meaningful behavior changes, which can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to develop practical skills for managing anxiety, low mood, and relationship difficulties. CBT offers structured tools for shifting unhelpful patterns and building more effective coping strategies.

Therapy with Takiya is collaborative - finding the right approach is part of the process. She works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and practical needs, and then adapts ACT, CBT, or DBT-informed techniques to fit the situation.

Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to access support from different locations. These options offer flexibility for busy parents, working professionals, veterans, and others who need convenient ways to engage with licensed professionals and therapists while pursuing personal growth.