About Tinia
Tinia Holleman-Soto helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and parenting challenges. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California with 15 years of experience. She writes plainly and meets people where they are in the moment.
Her style is approachable and focused on practical steps to feel better. She trained at the University of Southern California and earned a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, along with a Pupil Personnel Service credential.
How Tinia works
Early in her career she worked as a behaviorist with very young children who had developmental delays. That work involved close collaboration with speech and occupational therapists and regional service teams. Over time she expanded to support children, teenagers, and adults dealing with mood disorders, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and crisis situations.
She has worked alongside psychiatrists, social workers, case managers, and school districts to coordinate care and follow through on plans. Tinia also helps people struggling with addiction, intimacy issues, fertility concerns, and caregiver stress. Her sessions combine Client-Centered approaches with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and existential perspectives.
She focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and invites clients to try new choices that match their values. Sessions are meant to feel collaborative and nonjudgmental. Tinia emphasizes practical support and steady guidance.
She encourages people who are ready to change to take one small step at a time. Her goal is to help clients build clearer thinking, stronger connections, and more purposeful daily life.
Tinia lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Tinia works with
The areas below are the ones Tinia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Tinia’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and presence. The therapist offers empathy and acceptance while helping clients set their own goals, which helps with self-esteem, grief, and family stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect emotions and teaches practical skills to manage anxiety, mood problems, and impulsivity. Emotionally-Focused Therapy emphasizes understanding emotions in relationships and helps people repair connection and communication when intimacy or commitment issues arise.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Tinia will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and suggest approaches that match. Together they evaluate what feels most useful and adjust the plan as work progresses to keep sessions helpful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or busy family life while keeping the focus on steady progress and real-life skills.
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A practical next step
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