About Kiara
Kiara Tellez is a licensed professional counselor with eight years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She also supports clients who are processing trauma and abuse, or who are struggling with self-esteem, attachment wounds, or questions about sexuality and life purpose. Kiara keeps sessions focused and practical.
She listens first, then helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck. Together they build small, doable changes that reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning.
Background and approach
Her work pays attention to how shame, guilt, and past abandonment shape current choices. Kiara helps people name those feelings and try new responses. She also addresses impulsivity and post-traumatic stress in ways that balance safety with growth.
Kiara takes a collaborative, strength-based approach. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and helps clients use their own resources to move toward clearer goals. Sessions aim to boost resilience and improve self-worth over time.
Kiara is attuned to culturally informed care and to the needs of LGBTQ+ people and communities of color. She practices in Arizona and meets clients in ways that fit modern life, including live video, phone, chat, and messaging formats.
Therapeutic approaches and online care with Kiara
Evidence-based techniques are used to address anxiety, trauma, and relationship patterns. One commonly used approach focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. This helps people practice different responses to stressful situations and build coping skills.Another common approach centers on understanding attachment and family patterns to improve relationship functioning and self-esteem. This work involves tracing how early relationships influence current reactions and trying new ways of relating that feel safer and more effective.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kiara approaches therapy as a collaborative process and will help clients choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time as progress and priorities shift.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for ongoing support between sessions and for people who prefer written communication. These formats provide flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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