Tina Phillips

Tina Phillips is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 31 years of experience. She focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, anger, addiction, grief, and relationship strain. Tina aims to create a straightforward space where people can talk through what’s going on and find practical steps forward.

She studied communication at UCLA and completed graduate work at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Over three decades she has worked in a variety of settings, including a psychiatric facility and programs for people with dual diagnoses. That range of experience informs how she approaches complex situations now.

Tina has substantial experience supporting seniors, children and families, and young adults on the autism spectrum, spending roughly a decade working with each group. She has also helped people navigate divorce and child custody matters, and has a long history working with addiction issues.

Her approach emphasizes clear, task-oriented work. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and change behaviors. Mindfulness techniques are added to help with stress and grounding. Solution-Focused methods help set realistic, step-by-step goals.

Clients can expect practical conversations about current problems, short-term tools to manage symptoms, and collaborative planning for change. Tina encourages people to reach out when things feel overwhelming and to treat seeking help as an important step toward feeling better.

How Tina Uses CBT, Mindfulness, and Solution-Focused Work Online

Tina draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thought and behavior that maintain stress, anxiety, anger, or low mood. CBT sessions focus on practical exercises and skill-building to change unhelpful habits and reactions.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and grounding practices. These tools help reduce reactivity, calm the body, and increase awareness of triggers and choices in the moment.

Solution-Focused Therapy appears in short-term planning. Those sessions identify small, achievable goals and steps that lead to measurable change over weeks rather than years.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tina will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and together you will choose which methods to try. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so they feel useful and manageable.

The therapist biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm the available session types before booking. Online therapy can make scheduling easier, help fit sessions into a busy day, and allow for shorter check-ins when that suits a person. It also makes it possible for people outside the immediate area to connect with a licensed professional without changing their routine.