Tonya Walker , LPCC, LMHP

Tonya Walker is a licensed mental health professional living in New Mexico who brings nine years of clinical experience to her work with individuals and groups. She holds the credentials LPCC and LMHP - LPCC stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and LMHP stands for Licensed Mental Health Practitioner - and maintains licensure in both Nebraska and New Mexico. Her academic background includes a BA in Psychology and Russian from the University of Oregon and an MA in Counseling from the University of New Mexico.

Tonya has provided care for people across the gender spectrum and has supported clients facing a wide range of concerns, including trauma and PTSD, domestic violence, sexual trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, and coping with life transitions. She also works with issues related to self-esteem, sleep, career, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and intimacy, and addresses additional areas such as family of origin problems, first responder stress, immigration and multicultural concerns, and women's health matters.

Her therapeutic stance is integrative, grounded in client-centered principles that prioritize the person s own goals and strengths while drawing on solution-focused strategies and elements of cognitive behavioral techniques when helpful. Tonya approaches counseling as a collaborative process - joining clients to identify what is and is not working, clarify goals, and build increased self-awareness, self-understanding, and self-compassion to support meaningful change and greater confidence navigating life.

Client-Centered and Trauma-Focused Care Delivered Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the individual's experience and emphasizes empathy, active listening, and respect for each person s own goals. It helps people build self-awareness, self-understanding, and self-compassion so they can make changes that fit their values and daily life. Trauma-Focused Therapy is designed to address the effects of traumatic experiences and post-traumatic stress by helping clients process difficult memories, reduce symptom impact, and develop coping strategies that support recovery and resilience.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work itself. Tonya collaborates with each person to determine whether a client-centered stance, trauma-focused techniques, or a combination of methods will best address their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - which makes it easier to fit care into busy schedules, to access therapists from different locations, and to continue work through transitions. These options support consistent, accessible engagement with licensed professionals and therapists while allowing clients to choose the format that feels most comfortable for them.