Tenisha Seniguar-Morakinyo

Hello, my name is Tenisha Seniguar-Morakinyo, LPCC License#13468 with over 9 years of experience working with diverse populations. My approach to therapy is every individual is valuable and deserves to be heard and treated with dignity and respect by taking a non-judgmental stance. I respect clients' legal rights to confidentiality to create a safe environment to develop trust and a strong therapeutic alliance.

My approach

My theoretical approach to providing therapy includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Faith-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

My focus

I have experience assisting clients with stress and anxiety, specific phobias, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, bipolar and related disorders, dissociative disorders, personality disorders, trauma, and abuse, coping with grief and loss, anger management, and paraphilic disorders as a Certified Associate Sex-Offender Treatment Provider, in addition to many other mental health disorders, and life challenges.

My communication style

My communication style is Supporter/Relater: I am empathetic, compassionate, calm, cool, and collected. I purposefully work to avoid unnecessary conflicts. I am happiest when everyone is getting along, and I can be found to be the person who puts herself last if it means peace and harmony is the end result.

My journey to mental healthcare

My journey to becoming a therapist began with my own pain and challenges in life. After I worked to receive my own healing, wholeness and wrote my story of survival, I began to develop empathy and compassion for other people who were hurting. Now, I consider myself as a healed healer moved to help others by instilling hope for a better future.

My goals for you

I am a firm believer that clients are the experts in their own lives. They know exactly what they want and need. My approach to goal setting with clients is to identify what they want to achieve in therapy and collaboratively establish S.M.A.R.T (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timebound) goals to track clients progress.

My first session with you

Introductions and initial rapport development. What brought you to therapy? A thorough explanation of the following: 1. Informed consent: scope of practice 2. Limits of Confidentiality: (Danger to self or others, Child abuse or neglect, Elder or dependent adult abuse). 3. The Clinical Assessment Process. 4. Psychotherapy format: a. Establishing S.M.A.R.T Goals. b. 45 min sessions weekly until the client determines readiness to step down to a lower level of care. c. 1- 2 check-ins via messaging between sessions. d. Homework Assignments including assessments and worksheets. e. The Benefits of Journaling. f. Evaluating your Progress towards goals. Ask where would the client like to start. Develop a plan for the next session.