Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 31
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Tina
Tina Phillips is a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than three decades of experience. She uses clear, practical methods to help people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and addiction concerns. Tina writes and talks in a straightforward way and focuses on small steps that make daily life easier.
She trained in communication studies at UCLA and completed graduate work at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Over 31 years she has worked in a range of settings, including psychiatric facilities and programs for people with dual diagnoses.
Background and approach
That background shaped her ability to handle crisis moments and longer term recovery work. Tina has spent extended periods working with older adults, children and families, and young adults on the autism spectrum. She offers help with relationship strains, parenting stress, grief, caregiving burdens, and challenges around eating and sleeping.
She also supports people facing career shifts, adoption and foster care issues, and the aftereffects of trauma. Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused work. In sessions she helps people identify patterns, test small changes, and build coping skills that fit their everyday routines.
Those techniques are useful for anger management and for managing emotional reactions that get in the way of daily life. Tina works with people across California and accepts international clients in English. She is licensed in California as an LMFT.
She invites people to reach out when they are ready to talk about practical steps forward.
What Tina works with
Everything Tina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Tina's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Workplace issues
Approaches Tina lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
CBT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test them with real-life experiments. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and behavior change by breaking problems into small steps.Mindfulness Therapy focuses on present-moment awareness and simple breath or attention practices. It can reduce reactivity, help with stress and anger, and support better sleep and emotional regulation.
Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes setting clear goals and identifying what is already working. Sessions focus on practical strategies and on replicating small successes in daily life.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with clients to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try techniques, check what helps, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video works well for full conversations and visual cues. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging offer brief check-ins and ongoing support between appointments. These options make therapy more flexible for work breaks, travel, or different daily routines.
Questions people ask about Tina
What kinds of problems does this therapist address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, anger, grief, relationship strain, parenting concerns, sleep and eating issues, and related life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Her work is practical and direct. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and solution-focused methods to help clients try small, manageable changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 31 years of professional experience, including work in psychiatric settings and with dual diagnosis clients.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - licensed in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients internationally.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies by location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.