Dr. Tangela Isely, LPC, LCPC

Dr. Tangela Isely is a Licensed Professional Counselor with more than 19 years of experience. She practices in Texas and focuses on helping people manage trauma, anxiety, depression, and stress. Dr. Isely uses a compassionate, collaborative style and works to help each person feel heard and understood.

Her sessions often center on practical skills and clear goals. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and a client-centered approach to help people change unhelpful patterns and build coping skills. Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas also appear in her work when they match client needs.

Dr. Isely has particular experience with concerns such as grief, addiction, sleep and eating problems, anger, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing family of origin issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, first responder issues, and complicated feelings like guilt or shame.

Her style is straightforward and warm. She listens first, then helps people set small, concrete steps toward their goals. Sessions are framed so clients can try new ways of coping, practice new skills, and notice what changes over time.

To begin, readers are encouraged to use the site Start Therapy flow to complete a short questionnaire and schedule according to availability. Dr. Isely aims to work collaboratively so each plan fits the person’s life and priorities.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Dr. Isely often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT focuses on practical exercises and small experiments to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotional regulation and relationship skills. DBT provides concrete tools for distress tolerance, managing strong emotions, and improving communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will listen to your concerns, talk through goals, and work together to choose methods that fit your needs and preferences. This collaborative planning helps shape session content and homework between meetings.

The biography does not list specific online formats. Please confirm what session options are currently offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a work break, fewer travel interruptions, or choosing a session style that feels less demanding on the day you meet. Licensed professionals adapt skills and exercises so they work well through remote sessions when that option is available.