About Tia
Tia Gitgood supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, mood concerns, and life transitions. She helps with sleep problems, self-esteem struggles, and the effects of adoption or foster care. Tia also works with caregiver stress, control issues, and recovery from disaster-related trauma.
She introduces practical steps so people can try things that might ease daily life. Tia is a social worker licensed in Michigan, Tennessee, and Georgia. She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Georgia State University and brings ten years of experience across in-home care and community clinics.
Background and approach
She describes her work as grounded and straightforward. Her sessions focus on the person in front of her. Tia combines client-centered ideas with cognitive-behavioral and dialectical-behavioral methods.
She also uses motivational interviewing to help people make changes that matter to them. In practical terms that can mean setting small goals, learning ways to handle strong feelings, and testing new routines for sleep and stress. She pays attention to how emotions affect daily functioning and helps people try tools that fit their life.
Tia keeps up with current research and adapts methods to each person’s needs. She prefers a collaborative style - working together to find what helps. When someone is ready, she accompanies them through steady, hopeful steps toward feeling better.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each persons experience. It helps people feel heard and builds a partnership where the person sets the pace and goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It teaches simple strategies to shift unhelpful thinking patterns and test new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It can be useful for mood instability, strong reactions to stress, and learning coping techniques that work day to day.
Finding the right approach is often part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on the persons needs, goals, and preferences. This is a collaborative process where choices are tested and refined over time.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be useful for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support short updates, coaching between sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it possible to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Georgia, Michigan, Tennessee
- Languages
- English