Tandi Orluk, LCSW

Tandi Orluk, LCSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She writes short, clear goals with each person and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.

She brings 18 years of clinical experience to sessions and centers care on the person in front of her. Sessions aim to identify immediate concerns, set small reachable goals, and practice strategies that fit a person's daily life. Tandi draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as one tool among several to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new habits.

Her background includes addressing trauma, compassion fatigue, addictions, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive concerns. She also supports people dealing with body image, guilt and shame, isolation, and workplace stress. Treatment plans are tailored so sessions focus on the problems each person names as most important.

Tandi uses a mix of approaches including client-centered work, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix lets her shift focus when someone needs skills practice, emotion regulation tools, or a reflective space to make decisions.

People can expect a straightforward, collaborative process. Goals are reviewed regularly and adjusted as progress happens. Tandi aims to walk alongside each person as they work toward clearer thinking, steadier moods, and more effective coping.

How Tandi’s Approaches Work Online

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real experience. It often includes practical exercises to change thinking patterns and build healthier habits, which can help with anxiety, depression, and obsessive thoughts.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration. The therapist reflects what the person says, helps clarify values and goals, and supports self-directed change, which is useful when people need a safe space to sort through decisions or grief.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist and client will decide which methods fit the client's goals and preferences, and they will adjust the plan as progress is made. That collaborative process makes it easier to try a skill, notice how it feels, and change course if needed.

Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skills demonstrations. Phone sessions can be lighter on bandwidth and fit during a break at work. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use short updates when schedules are tight. These options provide flexibility so therapy can be worked into everyday life.