- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Mindfulness techniques
- Solution-focused planning
About Cindy
Cindy Tenaglia is a Pennsylvania LCSW with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life transitions, plus concerns around self-esteem, relationships, intimacy, parenting, and issues tied to identity such as LGBT matters. She also lists work with eating and anger issues, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue.
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), client-centered approaches, mindfulness, and solution-focused strategies. In sessions she centers on practical problem solving and clarifying values. She aims to help people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those priorities.
Her background includes inpatient and outpatient work and many years collaborating with individuals and couples. She trained at Bryn Mawr School of Social Work and has combined clinical work with coaching. She also brings experience from living in an intentional community and from homeschooling her children for nine years, which she says shaped her interest in self-directed learning.
In practice she often uses the ACT Matrix to map patterns of avoidance and values-driven action. She describes ACT as a way to increase psychological flexibility and awareness. Sessions typically mix gentle mindfulness, values clarification, and brief, solution-focused planning.
People who carry guilt or shame related to relationships, family of origin, forgiveness, or choices often come to address those feelings alongside anxiety and depression. She encourages practical next steps and increased awareness rather than quick fixes.
How ACT, mindfulness, and solution-focused work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful patterns and move toward what matters. It uses values clarification and small behavioral steps to reduce struggling and increase meaningful activity. Mindfulness therapy encourages present-moment noticing of thoughts and feelings so reactions are less automatic and clearer choices emerge. Solution-focused therapy looks for small, practical changes that can produce better days quickly, focusing on strengths and concrete next steps.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means checking in about what feels useful and adjusting methods as progress or obstacles appear.
Confirm current session formats before booking, since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives by removing commute time and allowing shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed. It can also make mindfulness exercises and between-session tasks simpler to practice during the week. Licensed professionals typically adapt ACT, mindfulness, and solution-focused tools to work in live sessions and follow-up planning to support ongoing daily changes.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating issues, parenting challenges, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue among other areas.
How would she approach shame or guilt in sessions?
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy alongside mindfulness and client-centered techniques to increase awareness of values and patterns. Work often includes noticing avoidance and taking small values-driven steps.
What is her clinical background?
She has 18 years of clinical experience with both inpatient and outpatient work and training from Bryn Mawr School of Social Work.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Pennsylvania LCSW and practices in Pennsylvania.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats does she use?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as session formats are not specified here.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.