Tia Jackson, LCSW

Tia Jackson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship problems, and parenting challenges. She focuses on practical steps that can improve day-to-day coping and help rebuild confidence. Tia aims to listen carefully and use each person's story to support positive change.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live in line with their values, and client-centered methods to make space for each person's experience. Motivational Interviewing and solution-focused techniques appear when someone wants clear, short-term goals.

Tia's background includes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, a Master of Science in Social Work, and a Master of Business Administration with a focus on health care management. She holds the LCSW credential and has worked across clinical settings over many years. Her experience includes individual and group work in multiple care environments.

In sessions she favors straightforward, compassionate conversation. She offers concrete tools for coping, ways to handle impulses or addictive urges, and strategies for managing mood disorders or midlife transitions. Parents can find support for parenting stress, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and caregiver strain.

Tia practices in Tennessee and conducts online sessions as well. Her approach aims to match practical techniques to the goals each person brings to therapy.

Practical approaches for online care and goal-focused work

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, lift mood, or manage impulses. It is often used when someone wants clear tools to change patterns that cause distress.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on what matters most to a person and helps them act in line with those values even when feelings are difficult. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and adapting to each person's pace, giving space for a person to guide the session.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tia will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining CBT skills with ACT values work or using short solution-focused steps for immediate problems.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, quick coaching, or when a shorter contact fits a busy schedule.