Tina is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW-S) and has worked in a variety of settings since graduating with her Masters in 2010. She started her private practice Tina Moran LLC in 2019 and treats adolescents & adults with anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders.
Tina is very passionate about helping her patients overcome guilt, shame and self-esteem issues. In her practice she has found that these issues are often at the core of destructive behaviors and until patients learn to identify and manage them, unhealthy coping strategies continue to “win out”. Tina incorporates Brené Brown’s shame resilience materials to help patients move through the understanding and healing process. This can be emotionally intensive, but for those patients who have struggled to figure out why they’re feeling “stuck” or other therapy or treatment “isn’t working” or leading to results, this work is often critical.
In addition to her work with patients on shame, Tina incorporates a lot of DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) skills into sessions, helping patients build distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal communication skills. Tina helps couples work on communication, validation and empathy as a starting point to resolve their conflict. Tina loves teaching her patients skills – it is her hope that by sharing her knowledge of various coping skills, patients can become more independent, successful and build a life worth living!
Tina’s history of working at outpatient and residential treatment programs has given her a wide array of experience and knowledge with complex patients and family dynamics. Her work history includes supporting patients through case management and individual, group, family and couples therapy. Tina balances empathy and understanding with a direct and humorous approach to help move patients along and closer to reaching their goals.