Dr. Thomas Tashjian , MA Psychologist 3022

Dr. Thomas Tashjian is a cognitive-behavioral psychologist who has spent decades helping children, adults, and older adults build practical skills to manage emotional, behavioral, and health-related challenges. He works with difficulties involving attention and learning, chronic pain and illness, sleep problems, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Because of his background in language and development, he often frames many problems as stemming from habitual over-thinking, reflective self-talk, and patterns of rumination that can interfere with treatment and medication outcomes.

With additional training and experience as a pharmacologist, he has studied how physical states and medications influence mood, behavior, and emotions, and he helps people distinguish medication or illness effects from psychological concerns. That perspective supports collaborative planning to identify steps clients can take to reduce unwanted medication or health-related influences on functioning. He has integrated experiential activities - including outdoor and exercise-based programs - into therapy to reinforce skills and support recovery, and he helps people identify alternatives when life changes or injuries interfere with previously useful routines.

He holds the credential MA Psychologist 3022, a Massachusetts psychologist license number 3022, and brings 33 years of clinical experience to his work. Outside of practice he is an outdoorsman and exerciser, a marathoner who loves dogs, cats, and horses, and an author of parables that draw on those interests. More information and stories about his background are available on his LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-tashjian-a96517107/

Therapeutic approaches offered through online care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It teaches concrete skills for managing symptoms such as anxiety, depression, distractibility, sleep problems, and many forms of stress related to chronic health conditions.

Mindfulness Therapy encourages present-moment awareness and simple attention practices that reduce rumination and improve emotional regulation. It can be useful for clients who struggle with chronic worry, over-thinking, and coping with persistent pain or grief.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative style that helps people explore and strengthen their own reasons for change. It is often used when clients face ambivalence about substance use, treatment adherence, or making lifestyle adjustments.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Dr. Thomas Tashjian works collaboratively with each person to match techniques to their goals, needs, and personal preferences, and will adjust methods over time as those needs evolve.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, continue work during life transitions, and access licensed professionals from different locations. These formats allow for flexibility in communication style and pace while supporting consistent, ongoing therapeutic work.