About Thiera
Dr. Thiera Clifford is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She practices in Michigan and helps clients set clear goals, build coping skills, and regain a sense of direction.
Her work is practical and focused on what a person needs now. She uses an approach that centers the client, listening closely to each person’s concerns and priorities.
How Thiera works
Sessions often include skill practice for emotion regulation, communication, and problem solving. Mindfulness is woven into sessions to help clients notice patterns and calm their responses. Cognitive behavioral strategies are used to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors in everyday life.
Psychodynamic ideas may be brought in to look at recurring relationship patterns and how past experiences shape present reactions. Solution-focused techniques help set small, achievable steps when people feel overwhelmed. Dr.
Clifford also addresses more specific concerns such as caregiving stress, chronic illness, postpartum mood changes, grief, and identity-related stressors like prejudice or LGBT-related challenges. She supports people dealing with anger, self-esteem, career questions, and parenting strain. Therapy with her is collaborative.
She works one-on-one to clarify goals and track progress so sessions stay relevant and useful. For people seeking a steady, practical guide through tough times, her approach balances active skills practice and reflective conversation.
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What Thiera works with
The areas below are the ones Thiera selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s perspective and building a trusting relationship. Online sessions using this approach prioritize your concerns and move at a pace you set, which can help people feel heard and understood even when meeting remotely.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is practical and action oriented. In online sessions CBT involves identifying unhelpful thoughts, trying small behavioral experiments, and practicing new skills between meetings to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These techniques can be guided during video or phone sessions and practiced between meetings to support stress management.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then tailor methods as progress is tracked. This collaborative process helps find what works for each person.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls closely resemble in-person sessions and allow for visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins and ongoing reflection between scheduled meetings. These options increase flexibility for people balancing busy lives.
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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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