Tonya Wacker, LPC, LPCC

Tonya Wacker is a licensed counselor who offers an affirming, strengths-based approach to helping people navigate persistent stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, trauma, and questions about identity. She emphasizes the unique qualities each person brings and works with individuals, couples, adolescents, and families to identify practical steps toward greater well-being. Tonya combines client-centered listening with evidence-informed techniques so sessions are collaborative, tailored, and focused on what matters most to the individual.

Her experience includes supporting people across a wide range of concerns - from mood disorders and addictions to intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, career questions, and the complexities of alternative lifestyles. She also addresses issues such as compassion fatigue, ADHD, family-of-origin dynamics, and life transitions. Tonya integrates approaches such as cognitive behavioral strategies, existential perspectives, and creative modalities when they fit the client’s goals and preferences.

Tonya holds LPC and LPCC credentials, professional licenses that indicate formal training and authorization to provide mental health counseling. She approaches work with empathy, curiosity, and a willingness to craft an individualized therapeutic plan that honors each person’s background, values, and hopes for change.