Rue "Lashelle" Tennyson, LPC
Somatic-informed counselor focused on practical change
About Rue
Rue "Lashelle" Tennyson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oklahoma with 18 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and trauma. Rue keeps sessions direct and straightforward so parents and busy adults can get practical help quickly.
She uses somatic work to help clients notice how emotions show up in the body. She blends that with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and behaviors that get in the way.
Background and approach
Sessions also draw on attachment and client-centered ideas to create a respectful space where people feel heard. Rue helps people facing life transitions, career stress, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those dealing with sleeping problems, anger, impulsivity, obsessive or compulsive patterns, and mood disorders including bipolar concerns.
Practical skills and small experiments are common in her sessions to test what works between meetings. The therapist aims to make therapy manageable for people juggling many responsibilities. Conversations are focused, and strategies are tailored to each person’s daily life.
Rue encourages steady progress and checks in often about how the work feels. She offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
How somatic and evidence-based approaches work online
Somatic work helps people tune into bodily signals that accompany emotions and stress. Online sessions can guide clients through breath, grounding, and movement awareness to reduce tension and help name what the body is signaling. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed actions. It helps when worry or avoidance are limiting daily life by teaching practical ways to act toward what matters despite uncomfortable feelings.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try different techniques, and adjust plans based on what feels most helpful. Clients are encouraged to give feedback so treatment can shift to better fit their needs and daily routines.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules. Video calls make it possible to see expressions and practice somatic exercises together. Phone sessions are useful when video is not convenient, and live chat or text-based messaging lets people check in between sessions or use shorter check-ins. These options make it easier to use therapy tools in real life and keep progress moving forward.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English