Tajanay Keaton-Chesson

Tajanay Keaton-Chesson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and depression. She also supports those coping with major life changes, including separation and divorce. She speaks plain language and aims to make the first steps feel manageable when things feel overwhelming.

She believes that each person knows their own story and brings strengths into the work. Sessions focus on building practical skills and clearer thinking so people can handle day-to-day struggles. Conversations are aimed at small, doable changes rather than big, abstract promises.

Her approach blends straightforward techniques for managing emotions with ways to improve connection and decision-making. She uses tools drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and from dialectical behavior therapy to build emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Emotion-focused ideas are applied when relationship patterns and attachment come into view.

Tajanay brings seven years of professional experience to her practice. She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and is licensed in North Carolina and Hawaii. That background informs how she pairs practical strategies with listening and reflection.

People who work with her typically leave sessions with simple steps to try between meetings. She encourages gradual progress and checks in about what is working. If someone is considering separation or navigating the aftermath of a relationship change, she offers steady support while helping identify next steps.

How approaches like CBT, DBT, and EFT work online

Many common therapeutic approaches translate well to an online setting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thoughts that get in the way and testing them with practical experiments to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, known as DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer interpersonal communication. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, concentrates on patterns in relationships and helps people express needs and respond to attachment wounds more effectively.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, concerns, and day-to-day constraints, and then recommend which methods to try first. That plan is adjusted over time based on what helps and what feels doable.

Session formats are not listed in the original biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, cut travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people choose whether to work more on thinking skills, emotion-regulation exercises, or relationship-focused conversations depending on what they need.