About Tina
Tina Jerolds is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings 22 years of experience to her work. She practices from Illinois and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Tina listens carefully and offers straightforward support aimed at making daily life feel more manageable.
She uses client-centered methods that prioritize each person’s goals and experiences. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her approach when practical skills and thought patterns need attention.
Background and approach
Tina also draws on mindfulness and solution-focused ideas when they fit a person's needs. Tina's background includes a graduate degree in social work from Southern Illinois University with a concentration in mental health. Much of her early work was in child welfare and community mental health settings, giving her long-term exposure to a wide range of concerns.
That history informs how she notices stress, trauma, and relationship strains in adults. In sessions she aims to create a respectful and compassionate space. She helps people talk through painful experiences, develop new coping skills, and set realistic goals.
Therapy is tailored to each person rather than following a single script. Outside of clinical work she enjoys hiking, cycling, writing, and time with her husband and adult son. Her personal interests often inform gentle suggestions for self-care and routines between sessions.
How client-centered and CBT approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience and priorities. In this approach the therapist listens, reflects, and helps you set the pace and goals for the work. It is useful when someone needs a supportive space to talk things through and build confidence.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and to build coping skills for anxiety, mood problems, and stress. Tasks between sessions often help reinforce what is learned during meetings.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Tina will work with you to decide which methods fit your needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean trying client-centered listening first, adding CBT tools later, or blending methods depending on progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text are useful for shorter check-ins, quick skill coaching, and staying connected between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility so sessions can fit work, family, and daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English