Tanya M. Cardenas
Tanya Martinez-Cardenas is a highly sought-after psychotherapist and addiction specialist, known for her compassionate and results-driven approach. She is the founder of Unitive Counseling Services in Kyle, TX, which proudly earned the Best in Business Award 2024. Whether you are struggling with substance use, problematic alcohol or drug behaviors, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, sexual abuse, CPTSD, or ADHD, Tanya and her team at Unitive Counseling provide expert guidance and support to help you reclaim your life. Don’t suffer in silence—you deserve freedom, healing, and a life full of possibility.
Tanya is passionate about therapy and takes an eclectic approach, drawing from multiple evidence-based and holistic modalities to meet each client’s unique needs.
First session
The first session focuses on identifying your goals for therapy and developing an initial plan to begin working toward them.
Strengths
Tanya Martinez-Cardenas is a deeply compassionate clinician known for her genuine connection with others. In recovery for 14 years, she brings a grounded, real-world understanding that helps clients feel comfortable, safe, and unconditionally accepted. Tanya is passionate about therapy and takes an eclectic approach, drawing from multiple evidence-based and holistic modalities to meet each client’s unique needs. She believes healing can’t be confined to a single method and continually pursues new certifications to enhance her work. Her primary approaches include Existential/Humanistic, Mindfulness, Client-Centered, Attachment-Based, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Transpersonal/Spiritual methodologies.
Ideal clients
Tanya Martinez-Cardenas is a dedicated clinician who helps clients examine and heal from issues related to alcohol and drug use, trauma, ADHD and other neurodivergent disorders, eating disorders, and PTSD. Her approach integrates compassion, honesty, and practical guidance to help individuals better understand themselves, build resilience, and create meaningful change in their lives.
Treatment methods
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
When we become aware of what we are doing, how we are doing it, and why we are reacting to the world the way we do, we then have the opportunity to change our behavior.
Existential
At the root of any major life transition like grief, divorce, or tragedy, questioning who and what we are, become integral in finding a new purpose.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Straight up. It's effective. Our thoughts are not who we are, and they can be changed.
Attachment-based
An important component to healing is knowing how we bonded with our parents and caregivers and the dynamics that took place.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
DBT offers some of the best coping skills that illicit true change.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Hispanic / Latinx
Woman
Top specialties
Addiction
Anxiety
Depression
Other specialties
ADHD
Autism
Coping Skills
Couples Counseling
Eating Disorders
Life Transitions
Self Esteem
Sexual Abuse
Spirituality
Trauma and PTSD
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Children (6 to 12)
Elders (65 and above)
Teenagers (13 to 17)
Licensed in
ColoradoLicense LPC.0022948
FloridaLicense TPMC7375
TexasLicense 87285