Tina LaPorta

Tina LaPorta brings 15 years of clinical experience working with adolescents and adults facing depression, anxiety, PTSD, anger concerns, relationship and family conflicts, career or adjustment challenges, and substance use issues. She also has experience providing counseling to active duty service members and combat veterans and has worked with individuals experiencing more severe, chronic symptoms such as schizophrenia.

She holds two master’s degrees in psychology—one focused on college teaching and a second in counseling with a specialization in marriage and family therapy. Tina began her professional path as an adjunct professor of psychology in the San Francisco Bay Area, spending six years in higher education before transitioning to community-based clinical work.

Her practice history includes roles as a community mental health clinician, positions in outpatient, intensive outpatient (IOP), and partial hospitalization programs treating both adolescents and adults, and many years in the private sector. Tina later joined the federal workforce, serving as a psychologist at Fort Sam Houston and working for the Department of Defense on base at Fort Sam Houston and Fort Bliss. She subsequently transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs and provided services in Vet Centers as a licensed marriage and family therapist.

Tina is licensed to practice in Florida and New Jersey and also holds licenses in Connecticut, Arizona, and Texas. She favors a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach, focusing on practical cognitive and behavioral changes to help clients reach their therapy goals.