Dr. Thomas Tashjian, MA Psychologist 3022

Dr. Thomas Tashjian is a cognitive-behavioral psychologist who helps children, adults, and older adults build practical skills to manage emotional, behavioral, and health-related challenges. He works with attention and learning concerns, chronic pain and health problems, anxiety and mood disturbances, relationship difficulties, and issues of insecurity and self-esteem. His approach emphasizes concrete skill development so people can better cope with day-to-day demands and life transitions.

With a background in language and development, he often frames many problems as patterns of over-thinking, repetitive self-talk, or reflection that can interfere with progress in therapy or medication. As a pharmacologist, he also brings experience studying how physical state and medications for medical illnesses can influence mood, behavior, and emotions. That experience helps him distinguish medication or physical contributors from psychological concerns and to identify steps people can take to reduce those effects.

Dr. Tashjian integrates experiential activities he has supported in therapy programs with more traditional cognitive-behavioral techniques to help people reengage with meaningful pursuits. He has spent time using outdoor exercise and activity-based methods and has written parables drawn from his life as an outdoorsman, exerciser, marathoner, and animal lover - he enjoys dogs, cats, and horses. He also helps clients explore alternatives when life changes or injuries limit the use of coping skills they once relied on.

He holds an MA and is registered as Psychologist 3022 - MA indicates a Master of Arts degree and Psychologist 3022 is his professional registration number. More about his background and some of his stories can be found on his LinkedIn profile at the link provided in his biography.