Tina Phillips

Tina Phillips is a licensed marriage and family therapist who uses practical, goal-focused approaches to help people manage hard times. She has more than 31 years of experience and aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for the day-to-day problems people bring. Tina emphasizes clear steps and steady support so clients can make changes that matter.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from UCLA and a master’s degree from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Tina has spent decades working across settings, including psychiatric facilities and programs for people with co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns. That range of work informed her calm, problem-solving style.

Tina has substantial experience with seniors, children and families, and young adults on the autism spectrum. She has also worked extensively with addiction, grief, relationship struggles, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, and parenting challenges. Hospice and end-of-life counseling is among the areas she lists as a focus.

Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She uses Mindfulness Therapy techniques to help people notice their moment-to-moment experience. Solution-Focused Therapy guides short-term goal-setting and practical next steps.

Sessions with Tina typically focus on clear goals, small experiments between meetings, and skills people can use right away. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and helps people sort priorities, try new strategies, and adjust plans as needed.

How Tina's approaches translate to online therapy

Tina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thought patterns and try new behaviors that reduce anxiety or lift mood. CBT sessions tend to focus on specific problems and practical homework between meetings.

She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing skills that reduce reactivity and improve coping. Mindfulness work often involves short practices and checking in about what happened when those practices were used.

Solution-Focused Therapy is part of her toolkit for clients who want clear, short-term goals. Those sessions prioritize next steps, small experiments, and measuring what changes over a few appointments.

Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try one method, and adjust if something else would fit better. That collaborative process helps tailor plans to each person's needs and daily life.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver the same focused CBT, mindfulness exercises, and solution-focused planning that guide progress in face-to-face care.