- Client-centered care
- Thought-feeling-action focus
- Collaborative sessions
About Tinia
Tinia Holleman-Soto is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She focuses on practical steps and clear conversation so parents and individuals can feel heard and make steady progress.
She uses a client-centered style that prioritizes the person in front of her. Sessions aim to be collaborative, calm, and nonjudgmental. Tinia also draws on cognitive-behavioral ideas to connect thoughts, feelings, and actions, and on existential ideas that encourage honest choices and a clearer sense of purpose.
Before clinical practice she worked as a behaviorist with very young children who had developmental delays. That early work involved teaming with speech and occupational therapists and regional support agencies. Later she expanded to help children, teens, and adults, and to coordinate with psychiatrists, social workers, case managers, and school districts.
Her background includes experience addressing depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, parenting challenges, grief, addictions, and relationship and communication problems. She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, fertility concerns, separation and divorce issues, and struggles with guilt or shame.
Tinia describes therapy as a team effort. She aims to create a space where clients feel supported and can try new strategies for daily life. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
How Tinia's Approaches Work Online
Tinia uses client-centered therapy to focus on each client's experience and priorities, helping people feel heard and respected while deciding what to address first. Attachment-based ideas help explore how close relationships shape patterns of relating and emotional responses, which can be useful for relationship and family concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps track how thoughts influence feelings and actions, and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. These approaches suit people dealing with anxiety, depression, parenting stress, trauma-related reactions, and relationship or communication problems.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with the client to pick strategies that match the client's goals, preferences, and daily life. That collaborative planning can include trying different techniques and adjusting as needed.
If you want online sessions, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so sessions can happen between work, school, or caregiving duties.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Tinia help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, ADHD, parenting challenges, grief, addictions, relationship concerns, and career or life-purpose questions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is client-centered and collaborative, using cognitive-behavioral ideas and existential perspectives to link thoughts, feelings, and choices in everyday life.
How much experience does she have?
Tinia has 15 years of clinical experience working in behavioral and therapeutic settings with children, teens, and adults.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LMFT credential and practices in the state of California.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.