About Tavia
Tavia James is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the everyday strains of life. She also supports clients dealing with trauma, grief, sleep problems, anger, and questions about career and life purpose. Her work emphasizes practical steps that can be used right away.
She brings 12 years of clinical experience and a Master’s degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling with an emphasis in Ethnic Minorities.
Background and approach
Early in her career she focused on helping people with physical and mental disabilities adjust to work life. That background informs how she approaches barriers and accommodations now. Tavia uses a mix of methods to match what each person needs.
She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to address unhelpful thinking and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for processing traumatic memories. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and client-centered principles to clarify values and build motivation. Her style is solution-focused and down to earth.
Clients can expect clear strategies, realistic tools, and concrete steps to try between sessions. Tavia emphasizes building a simple, workable plan for the weeks and months ahead. She is particularly attentive to multicultural concerns, issues of discrimination, and the unique pressures that young adults face.
She also offers coaching around smoking and vaping cessation, impulsivity, and communication problems. Tavia aims to help people feel more capable and more hopeful about their future.
Therapeutic approaches that fit online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values. It’s useful for anxiety, stress, and when life feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to change mood and habits; it often helps with depression, anxiety, and sleep problems. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a structured approach to working with distressing memories and trauma, aimed at reducing the emotional charge around those experiences.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together a plan is shaped that can combine methods and adapt over time so the work feels useful and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you have a full session similar to an in-person visit. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and messaging can be used for quick check-ins, coaching-style support, and ongoing reminders between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let therapy fit into school, work, or busy family routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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