Cindy Tenaglia, LCSW

Cindy Tenaglia is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing near Philadelphia with 18 years of clinical experience. She has provided therapy and coaching to individuals, couples, and families across both in-patient and out-patient settings, addressing a broad range of mental health and life challenges. Before completing her training and degree at the Bryn Mawr School of Social Work she lived in an intentional community on 130 acres in Wisconsin, an experience that informs her collaborative and community-oriented approach.

Her therapeutic style is warm, empathic, and tailored to each person she works with. She emphasizes practical, solution-focused strategies while supporting clients to develop greater self-awareness and psychological flexibility. A strong advocate for self-directed learning, she homeschooled her son and daughter for nine years and brings that same philosophy to facilitating client growth. Cindy uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, including the ACT Matrix, to help clients reduce unhelpful struggling and move toward what matters most to them, working together to identify values and build skills for valued living.

Whether addressing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, or other life transitions, she aims to promote effective solutions and supports clients in creating meaningful, sustainable change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Cindy Tenaglia draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered and mindfulness-informed techniques to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and build psychological flexibility - it is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and life transitions by reducing unhelpful struggle and increasing meaningful action. Client-centered therapy focuses on a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist listens deeply and supports the client’s own capacity for growth, which can be especially helpful for issues involving self-esteem, relationships, and identity. Mindfulness therapy involves simple practices that increase present-moment awareness and stress regulation, supporting clients coping with anxiety, chronic stress, and emotional reactivity.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Cindy collaborates with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds so the work remains practical and personally relevant.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, continue care during life changes, and maintain regular connection with a licensed professional from different locations.