Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- ADHD
How Tavia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Tavia
Tavia James is a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, attention challenges, grief, and life transitions. Her work also covers career concerns, self-esteem, sleep problems, and coping with trauma and abuse.
Tavia uses clear, practical steps to help people move forward. Sessions focus on small, doable strategies that fit daily life. She aims to give tools people can use the day after a session to manage mood and impulses.
Background and approach
Her background includes a Master’s degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling with an emphasis in ethnic minorities from Southern University and A&M College. Early in her career she supported people with physical and mental disabilities in workplace settings, helping them adjust and plan for meaningful work. Over time she expanded into clinical psychotherapy for adults and adolescents from diverse backgrounds.
She brings training in cognitive behavioral methods and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to address trauma, as well as acceptance and commitment, client-centered, and dialectical behavior approaches. Tavia describes her style as collaborative and solution-focused. She works with each person to build a practical blueprint for change.
If someone wants to work on communication problems, impulsivity, isolation, life purpose, or smoking and vaping cessation, she offers step-by-step support to set goals and follow through.
What Tavia works with
Everything Tavia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Tavia's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tavia lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches and practical care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and finding direction when life feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and changing behaviors through step-by-step exercises and homework. CBT is often used for depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and anger regulation. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used to process traumatic memories through guided techniques that can reduce the intensity of distressing recollections.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process may mix elements of ACT, CBT, EMDR, client-centered listening, and dialectical behavior strategies until a practical plan is found.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports quick, ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Tavia
What concerns does this therapist address?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, ADHD, grief, trauma, sleep problems, career strain, and related issues such as impulsivity and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is collaborative and solution-focused. Expect short-term strategies, insight work, and practical tools you can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience working in counseling and psychotherapy roles, including early work with people with disabilities and later clinical practice with diverse clients.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Texas.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.