Tia Savage, LICSW, LCSW

Tia Savage is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience. She combines practical problem solving with a warm, down-to-earth style to help people move forward. Her approach emphasizes skill building and clear steps people can use at home and in daily life.

Tia focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. She also helps people manage relationship and parenting challenges, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, and career transitions. Her work includes supporting people coping with bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and other life changes.

Tia uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and mindfulness approaches. She also draws on motivational interviewing and narrative therapy to tailor sessions to each person. Sessions aim to identify strengths, set small goals, and practice strategies between meetings.

Her background includes a Master of Social Work from Simmons College and a Life Coaching Certificate from the University of New Hampshire. Tia has years of experience helping teens, young adults, and parents with transitions such as moving from high school to the next step, college planning, and building vocational skills.

In sessions she keeps language simple and practical. She focuses on building coping and self-care routines, improving social skills, and creating realistic fitness and daily habits. The overall goal is steady progress through short, manageable steps.

How Tia’s Approaches Work Online

CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In short sessions people learn to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to change patterns, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and stress. Client-centered work puts the person’s goals and values first; the therapist listens without judgment and helps the person set their own direction. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and support coping with overwhelming feelings.

Tia approaches therapy as a partnership. She will work with each person to choose or blend methods that fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps shape realistic steps and small homework tasks to try between sessions.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and demonstrations, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can suit quick check-ins or short coaching-style support. These options let people fit therapy around school, work, and family life while keeping consistent progress.