About Qiana
Qiana Russell offers straightforward, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or struggles with self-esteem. She welcomes conversations about parenting strain, anger, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and trauma. Qiana speaks plainly and focuses on what someone can do now to feel steadier.
Qiana is a licensed independent social worker in Ohio and holds licensed clinical social worker status in Georgia. She brings 16 years of professional experience to sessions and values the knowledge people bring about their own lives.
How Qiana works
She encourages strengths-based steps that fit each person’s day-to-day reality. In sessions she uses a mix of approaches to match each situation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Mindfulness-based techniques teach simple ways to manage stress and remain present. Solution-focused methods look for small, practical changes that add up fast. Qiana also addresses trauma and post-traumatic stress with targeted, trauma-informed work aimed at reducing symptoms and improving safety and coping.
She pays attention to communication problems, family-related stressors, forgiveness, and building self-love as part of recovery and growth. Clients can expect a collaborative style that centers their goals. Qiana aims to make the work concrete and manageable rather than overwhelming.
She often suggests short, doable exercises between sessions to build momentum and track progress.
Qiana lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Qiana works with
The areas below are the ones Qiana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | LISW, LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered work focuses on listening to what matters to the individual and shaping sessions around their goals. This approach helps people feel understood and directs the pace and focus of treatment to what they name as most important.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and many day-to-day challenges because it breaks problems into manageable steps.
Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation. These techniques pair well with other methods and can be practiced between sessions to build steady progress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist work together to set goals and choose methods that fit the person's life and preferences.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit care into busy schedules. Video lets people use visual cues and fuller conversation, phone can be a shorter check-in without video, and messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep momentum over time.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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