Tavia James

Tavia James is a Texas State Board Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of clinical and rehabilitation experience. She earned a Masters Degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling with an emphasis in Ethnic Minorities from Southern University and A&M College and was inducted into Chi Sigma Iota during her studies. Early in her career she worked with individuals with physical and mental disabilities, focusing on workforce adjustments, and she later completed additional education to provide clinical psychotherapy for adolescents, adults, and families with diverse backgrounds and ranges of concern. She has formal training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Tavia lists specialties that include stress, anxiety, self esteem, career concerns, depression, ADHD, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep difficulties, anger, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and coaching. Additional focus areas include communication problems, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, mood disorders, multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, self-love, smoking and vaping cessation, and young adult issues. Her stated approach is holistic and solution-focused, offering insight, practical strategies, and realistic tools to help people develop workable plans for the days, months, and years ahead.