- Client-centered methods
- Behavioral tools
- Veteran experience
About Tina
Tina LaPorta is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of experience helping adults and adolescents facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and relationship struggles. She often supports people dealing with self-esteem, intimacy concerns, parenting stress, ADHD, and codependency. Tina practices in Florida and offers help in English and to international clients.
Her work is straightforward and goal-focused. She favors practical techniques to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Sessions look at current problems and small behavior changes that make life easier. She uses talk, reflection, and specific exercises clients can try between meetings.
Tina trained in psychology and counseling and spent years teaching college-level psychology before moving into clinical care. Her background includes work in community mental health, outpatient and intensive programs, and veteran services with the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
In sessions she blends cognitive-behavioral tools with client-centered conversation and solution-focused planning. She also draws on longer-term psychodynamic ideas when past patterns are affecting current relationships. Motivational interviewing is used when people are working through addiction or change-related barriers.
Clients can expect clear goals and practical steps. Tina aims to help people make gradual, sustainable changes and to find clearer direction when life feels stuck. To begin, readers can use the site’s Start Therapy button to match and schedule a first appointment.
Approaches that guide online work
Tina often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT focuses on practical actions and small experiments that reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression.She also practices client-centered therapy, which means listening closely and shaping sessions around what each person says matters most. This approach is useful when someone needs space to sort out feelings or clarify their goals.
Finding the right approach is part of the early work together. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Confirm which online session formats are currently offered before booking, since the biography does not list specific formats. Many people find online work helps fit therapy into busy days, makes it easier to keep regular appointments, and allows brief check-ins when needed. Online sessions can also let a person choose quieter times, avoid travel, or opt for less time away from work or family while keeping steady therapeutic momentum.
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Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Florida, Connecticut, New Jersey, Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Tina works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, trauma and intimacy-related problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines practical, goal-focused techniques with listening and reflection. She tends to set clear steps clients can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience, including work in community mental health, outpatient programs, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a LMFT and practices in Florida; the credential appears as LMFT and the profile lists licensure in AZ LMFT and FL LMFT.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
How are sessions conducted format-wise?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; confirm current session options before booking to be sure which formats are available.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.