About Tiana
Tiana Burdick, LCSW helps people who feel stuck during major life changes or crises. She uses clear, direct support to help clients find steps forward. Her approach is practical and focused on what is happening now.
Tiana draws on nine years of clinical work across Connecticut, including years in mobile crisis response. That work gave her a close look at how people react under pressure and how family dynamics can shift during change.
Background and approach
She brings that experience into sessions to help clients manage urgent problems and transitions. Her training includes a Master of Social Work from Southern Connecticut State University after study at the University of Connecticut. She holds the LCSW credential and uses that background to guide treatment choices and safety planning when needed.
Tiana has worked with people on the autism spectrum for more than three years and identifies as neurodivergent. She combines that lived perspective with a practical therapy style that aims to meet each person where they are. Sessions focus on concrete skills and clearer routines when helpful.
She works with concerns like anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, grief, parenting stress, relationship and intimacy issues, and career strain. The goal is to leave each meeting with one or two manageable steps to try. People often come for help with impulsivity, communication problems, compassion fatigue, or major life shifts.
Tiana tries to make therapy straightforward and useful for daily life.
How therapy approaches fit into online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely and helps people set goals that matter to them, useful for clients facing life changes or identity concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. It teaches concrete skills such as breaking tasks into smaller steps, adjusting unhelpful thinking, and building daily routines; these skills can help with anxiety, depression, ADHD-related routines, and stress management.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers tools for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It includes practical exercises in distress tolerance and emotion regulation that can be useful during crises or when feeling overwhelmed.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try strategies, and adjust the plan as needed. Clients and the clinician decide together what works best for symptoms, lifestyle, and preferences.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist observe nonverbal cues and work through skills in real time. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill reminders, or ongoing coaching between meetings. This variety can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while practicing skills in everyday settings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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