About Tieaesha
Tieaesha Gaines is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 23 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Tieaesha aims to make starting therapy feel less daunting and more practical.
She speaks English and uses straightforward language in sessions. Tieaesha creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what matters most to them.
Background and approach
She encourages clear goals and small steps toward change. Conversations are grounded and direct, with attention to feelings and everyday choices. Her work often looks at how attachment patterns and communication shape relationships.
She helps people recognize unhelpful patterns and practice different ways of relating. This can include navigating separation, jealousy, codependency, or non-monogamous relationship dynamics. Tieaesha also draws on techniques that help with intense emotions and unhelpful thoughts.
She uses practical strategies to manage worry, build self-worth, and handle life transitions. Sessions include skill practice and real-world tools you can try between meetings. People who come to her for trauma-related concerns get a steady, paced approach that prioritizes feeling safe in the process.
She treats issues like post-traumatic stress, guilt, shame, and the effects of discrimination with care. Tieaesha supports clients as they work toward clearer values and more usable coping strategies.
Approach-informed online therapy that fits your life
Tieaesha uses approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, which can ease anxiety and increase motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and helps people practice new ways of connecting and communicating when old patterns cause pain.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and comfort level. Together you can try different methods and adjust as needed so therapy stays useful and relevant to your situation.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited or for a quieter check-in. Live chat and text messaging can support brief check-ins, homework questions, or a shorter way to stay connected between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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