Tanisha Peterson , LCSW

Tanisha Peterson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with ten years of professional experience supporting people across Louisiana. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Louisiana State University and A&M College and a Master of Social Work from Southern University of New Orleans. As an LCSW she is trained to provide clinical assessment, treatment planning, and therapeutic support for a wide range of mental health and life challenges.

Tanisha works with individuals from diverse backgrounds, including older adults, people with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities, and family members caring for loved ones with complex needs. Her practice addresses stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and intimacy-related issues, ADHD, career questions, and coping with life transitions. She also brings experience supporting clients facing chronic illness, caregiving demands, blended family dynamics, and end-of-life issues. Tanisha draws on person-centered thinking and solution-focused strategies, tailoring interventions to each person’s goals and strengths. She provides services in English and offers remote modalities including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Her scheduling history includes nontraditional hours - typically late evening and Saturday daytime - and she does not provide weekday daytime sessions.

Solution-Focused and Person-Centered Online Care

Tanisha incorporates Solution-Focused Therapy to help clients identify concrete goals and build on their existing strengths. This approach emphasizes short-term, practical strategies and is often useful for addressing stress, anxiety, life transitions, and relationship concerns by focusing on what works and what can change next.

She also uses a person-centered way of working that centers the client’s experience, values, and pace. This approach creates space for exploring self-esteem, grief, identity, and deeper emotional concerns while the therapist follows the client’s lead and supports their personal insights.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself, and Tanisha collaborates with each client to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances. She adapts techniques as progress is made to ensure the plan remains relevant and practical.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people with busy schedules, caregiving duties, mobility limits, or geographic barriers within Louisiana. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact with licensed professionals and to continue therapy when in-person visits are difficult.