About Tawana
Tawana Cummings is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas with 12 years of experience. She works directly with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, and self-esteem struggles. Her style is respectful and compassionate, and she focuses on practical steps to make daily life more manageable.
She adapts conversations and plans to what each person needs rather than using one-size-fits-all solutions. Tawana draws on client-centered therapy to follow the person’s priorities.
How Tawana works
She also uses cognitive behavioral and solution-focused techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and set concrete goals. Tawana has supported people coping with major life changes, including illness, caregiving demands, divorce and separation, and fertility or reproductive stress. She also has experience with aging and geriatric concerns, chronic pain and disability, and issues tied to first responder roles.
These varied settings have shaped a practical approach to problem solving. Sessions tend to focus on clear tools for managing emotions, improving communication, and building day-to-day coping skills. She uses motivational interviewing when people need help finding internal motivation for change.
The aim is steady progress through short-term strategies and longer-term skill building. Tawana speaks English and holds the credential LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She sees people in Texas and works with a range of stressors from grief to relationship and health-related concerns.
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What Tawana works with
The areas below are the ones Tawana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s priorities; the therapist offers empathy and tailors sessions to what matters most. This approach helps when someone wants support that respects their pace and goals.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety or lift mood. It often uses homework and clear steps, which translate well to video or messaging formats for practice between sessions.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, provides concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. Short skill-based coaching by message or phone can reinforce those techniques between longer sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most useful. Clients and the therapist work together to find methods that match needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which add flexibility. Video is useful for full conversations and role-play; phone works well when bandwidth is limited; live chat and text can be good for brief check-ins, skill coaching, or when someone prefers typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules.
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