About Tonya
Tonya Carpenter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Montana who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and ADHD. She takes a direct, straightforward style while keeping conversations warm and nonjudgmental. Tonya aims to help people build better day-to-day strategies and improve overall quality of life.
She draws on seven years of clinical experience across hospitals, schools, and independent practice. Her background includes work as a behavior intervention specialist for grades 6-12 and supporting adults with disabilities.
Background and approach
Tonya completed a Master of Social Work at the University of Southern California with an emphasis in Military and Veterans Affairs and has experience with trauma and military-related concerns. Tonya uses practical, client-centered methods. Sessions focus on strengths, problem solving, and skills you can use between appointments.
She often blends cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and dialectical behavior strategies depending on what a person needs. Her experience includes helping people with co-occurring disorders, substance use, PTSD, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, communication problems, and parenting stress. She also works with issues around abandonment, attachment, body image, chronic illness, and caregiver strain.
Tonya favors clear questions over assumptions and works collaboratively to set goals. She communicates Monday through Friday and responds to messages within 24 hours on business days. New clients start by completing a brief questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate actions. It focuses on values and small committed steps to build a more meaningful daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches tools to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related challenges. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication in stressful moments.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has worked in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the person's needs and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work on these approaches. Video calls let people meet face-to-face when needed, phone sessions are a good option when video is difficult, and live chat or text-based messaging supports quick check-ins and between-session coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel, and keep continuity when routines change.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English
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