Tania Valente , LMFT

Tania Valente is a licensed clinician with 18 years of experience who brings a relational and systemic perspective to therapy. She holds licensure as a psychologist in Texas (LIC# 39799) and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - licensed in New Mexico (LIC# CMF0200391). Her practice emphasizes interpersonal connections and compassionate support as central forces for healing, and she approaches each person and family with empathy and an open mind.

Tania has worked across diverse settings including inpatient psychiatric care, nonprofit and community health centers, university counseling services, integrated behavioral health teams, hospice, and government programs. That breadth of experience informs her work with common life challenges such as depression, anxiety, substance use concerns, relationship and family stressors, parenting difficulties, trauma, grief, end-of-life care, and other transitions.

She has specialized training in couples and family interventions including Gottman methods, integrated behavioral approaches, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and solution-focused techniques. In addition, she is trained in several evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Written Exposure Treatment, hypnotherapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Tania offers therapy in English and Portuguese and frames treatment collaboratively to help clients define and meet their goals within compassionate therapeutic relationships.