Cindy Tenaglia, LCSW

Cindy Tenaglia is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Pennsylvania who uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as a central way of working. She combines practical coaching with therapy to help people reduce struggling and move toward what matters in their lives. Cindy writes and talks in a warm, empathic style and aims to tailor sessions to each person's needs.

She brings 18 years of experience in clinical settings, having worked in both inpatient and outpatient care earlier in her career. That background means she is familiar with a wide range of mental health and life issues, from anxiety and depression to relationship and career strains. Cindy also has experience supporting people around caregiving stress, chronic illness, and aging and geriatric issues.

Cindy often uses the ACT Matrix as a tool to help clients notice unhelpful patterns and choose actions that align with their values. She also integrates client-centered and mindfulness approaches, focusing on simple, practical steps rather than jargon. Sessions emphasize self-awareness, psychological flexibility, and small changes that add up over time.

She values collaboration and self-directed learning, a perspective shaped in part by homeschooling her two children for nine years and living in an intentional community earlier in life. That background informs her interest in coaching and helping people develop practical routines and communication skills.

People commonly seek her support for stress, grief, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating and food-related issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Cindy aims to create a partnership that helps clients clarify goals and try manageable strategies between sessions.

How ACT and Mindfulness Translate to Online Work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while reducing unhelpful struggle. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and build awareness, which helps with rumination, emotional overwhelm, and chronic stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and daily life. That exploration is practical and flexible, with adjustments made based on what helps the client make progress.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as the profile does not specify exact formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or mobility limitations. It also allows for brief check-ins when a short conversation is more useful than a full session, and it can reduce travel time so people can use appointment time more efficiently.