About Tavia
Tavia Stevens is a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee with 14 years of clinical work. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, low self-esteem, and relationship or family strain. She also supports those coping with grief, sleep or eating concerns, parenting stress, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Her approach is practical and respectful. Conversations are tailored to each person’s situation. She focuses on what is getting in the way today and on small, doable steps that can ease daily life.
Background and approach
Tavia emphasizes sensitivity and compassion in sessions. She listens for strengths and patterns clients already use. Then she and the client pick strategies that fit routines, priorities, and goals rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all plan.
Over her career she has worked across a range of concerns and keeps guidance grounded and straightforward. Sessions can include skill practice, goal-setting, and checking what works between meetings. The aim is to build routines and habits that reduce distress and improve functioning.
She invites people to try out therapy at a pace that feels manageable. For many, the hardest part is starting; Tavia acknowledges that step and focuses on clear next actions. Conversations are designed to help people feel more capable and steady as they move forward.
Approaches that guide online care
Two evidence-based techniques she uses focus on practical skills and addressing unhelpful patterns. One approach teaches concrete coping and self-management skills for stress, anxiety, sleep, and cravings. These are straightforward practices people can use between sessions to reduce symptoms and build routine. Another approach looks at thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going. In sessions she helps people notice those patterns and try different, small experiments to change how they react to triggers.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each person to match methods to their goals, daily life, and what feels doable. Expect to try a strategy for a few weeks and then adjust based on what helps most.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets you work face to face from wherever you are, phone requires less bandwidth, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing reflection. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping focus on practical progress.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English