- Client-centered approach
- Cognitive behavioral work
- Mindfulness and DBT skills
About Tandi
Tandi Orluk is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 18 years of clinical experience based in New York. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She also addresses trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, addictions, sleep and eating issues, and career questions, plus additional areas such as body image, guilt and shame, isolation, and life purpose.
Her style is client-centered and practical. She asks about goals at the first meetings and uses those goals to guide sessions. Tandi combines several approaches to match what a person needs in the moment rather than sticking to a single method.
Sessions often draw on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She may include dialectical behavior skills to manage strong emotions and mindfulness practices to increase present-moment awareness. Motivational interviewing techniques are sometimes used to support change when someone feels stuck.
Many people work with her on coping after change - a job shift, relationship ending, health concern, or the strain of caregiving. She also offers focused work on obsessions, panic, post-traumatic stress, and seasonal mood shifts. The emphasis is on concrete skills, clearer choices, and steady steps forward.
Tandi asks about practical obstacles and adapts sessions to what fits someone’s life. She sees questions about life purpose as part of the broader map of change and decision-making. To begin, she asks clients to identify what matters most and what small steps feel doable next.
How her approaches work in online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s priorities. In online sessions this means the therapist follows what matters most to the client and helps set concrete goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions; it offers practical exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and change patterns that increase anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can be useful for intense reactions or repeated conflicts.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which mix of methods fits best based on needs, goals, and practical constraints. That collaborative choice is revisited as progress is made and circumstances change.
Confirm the specific session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online delivery can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow a shorter check-in when schedules are tight, or remove the need to travel. Many people find they can try skills in real time and bring questions from everyday life straight into session, making practice more immediate and relevant.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Kentucky, New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family concerns, addictions, sleep and eating issues, career questions, and life purpose among other areas.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She starts by asking about goals and priorities, then uses client-centered conversation plus practical skills from CBT, DBT, or motivational interviewing to create small, manageable steps.
What experience does she bring to this work?
She has practiced since 2007, bringing 18 years of clinical experience working with adults on trauma, mood and adjustment concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York and practices from New York.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she use?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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