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Tanya Dorocak, Therapist
Therapist in Encinitas, California

Tanya Dorocak, Therapist

Specialties:
Fertility First responder stress Military & veteran +44
Provider Gender: Female (She/Her)
Ages Served: 6-75+
Appointments: Telehealth only. In-office visits not available
Manages Medications: No, provides therapy only
Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans

Tanya Dorocak is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who has been practicing since 2006. Tanya works with individuals, children and families who wish to improve their quality of life. She seeks to understand her clients holistically, including their backgrounds and strengths they already possess, to provide an individualized approach to well-being. Tanya believes that our emotional connections in our interpersonal relationships is one of the most important aspects of our mental health, and she will strive to establish a strong alliance with her clients to create lasting changes. She partners with her clients as a guide to explore and address thought and behavior patterns that create barriers to enjoying life fully. She uses CBT, Solution-focused, and Interpersonal treatment modalities, as well as hypnotherapy and EMDR. Tanya has worked in various community mental health and addiction services clinics and she is a former Marine (Corporal, 1986-1989). In her free time, she enjoys family activities and taking her pup for long walks.

Provider Introduction

Types of Care & Ages Served

Areas of Focus

Family Therapy

Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.

  • Fertility
  • First responder stress
  • Military & veteran
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Childhood behavioral issues
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Empty nesters
  • End-of-life challenges
  • Family conflict
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Intense mood changes
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • Premarital counseling
  • Religion & spirituality
  • School behavioral issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Stress management

Couples Therapy

Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anxiety
  • First responder stress
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Military & veteran
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Stress management
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Aging
  • Alcohol use
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Career & work issues
  • Childhood behavioral issues
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Drug/substance use
  • Empty nesters
  • Family conflict
  • Fertility
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Intense mood changes
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • Retirement
  • School behavioral issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Sex & intimacy issues

Individual Therapy

Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anxiety
  • Fertility
  • First responder stress
  • Military & veteran
  • Panic attacks
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Stress management
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Career & work issues
  • Childhood behavioral issues
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Emotional abuse
  • Family conflict
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Hair pulling & skin picking
  • Intense mood changes
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • Parenting
  • Phobias
  • Premarital counseling
  • School behavioral issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-injury or cutting
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Social skills & communication
  • Trauma & PTSD

Languages

  • English

Education

  • University of California, San Diego

  • Palomar College

  • National University

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Please call us at 858-279-1223 to schedule an appointment with Tanya Dorocak.

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Tanya Dorocak, Therapist

Tanya Dorocak

Therapist in Encinitas, California

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