Tatiana Stewart , LCSW

Tatiana Stewart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 14 years of post-master level experience and a total of 17 years working in mental health and behavioral counseling with children, couples, and family units. She combines clinical expertise with advocacy to help people access resources while addressing complex concerns such as mental illness, addiction, and abuse. Her work centers on meeting people where they are and guiding them toward clearer goals and practical supports.

Her approach to engagement is guided by the phrase "I SEE YOU, DO YOU SEE ME?" which underscores active listening, a non-judgmental stance, and openness to client feedback in each session. This orientation is intended to create a welcoming space to identify priorities, surface patterns, and collaborate on next steps for healing.

Tatiana draws from a range of therapeutic methods and uses a strengths-based framework to tailor treatment plans. She employs Dialectical Behavioral Therapy - an evidence-based approach for emotional dysregulation, mood disorders, suicidal thinking, and behaviors such as self-harm and substance use - alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to challenge unhelpful thinking, improve emotional regulation, and develop concrete coping strategies. She also uses Narrative Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to help clients clarify values, access their existing skills, and reflect on historical or family influences as they pursue meaningful change. Her goal is to form a partnership that recognizes each person as an individual worthy of a respectful space for growth and healing.

Therapeutic Approaches and Flexible Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values and taking steps toward a more meaningful life. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns in relationships that originate from early bonds and helps clients improve intimacy, parenting, and connection issues by understanding how past attachments shape present behavior. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, building emotional regulation skills, and creating practical coping strategies to address current problems like depression, anxiety, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Tatiana collaborates with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses. This collaborative stance helps tailor sessions to what matters most to the client.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call or phone and shorter exchanges via live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit care into a busy life. For many people, working with licensed professionals in these formats supports continuity, access to regular sessions, and the ability to address challenges from home or work when in-person visits are not feasible.