Tawana Cummings, LCSW

Tawana Cummings is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 12 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She focuses on helping clients build confidence, manage parenting challenges, and regain motivation. She emphasizes respectful, sensitive care and tailors conversations to each person's situation.

Her approach centers on practical, down-to-earth help. She uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small changes that can reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Tawana can help people coping with medical and caregiving strains, including cancer, chronic illness or disability, and aging and geriatric issues. She also addresses family communication problems, divorce and separation, fertility and fatherhood concerns, and the emotional effects of trauma or disaster.

Sessions focus on clear goals and useful skills. She blends motivational interviewing to strengthen readiness for change with solution-focused ideas to identify workable next steps. Conversations tend to be practical and collaborative so clients leave with something to try between meetings.

She works from a standpoint of respect and compassion and adjusts pacing to match each person’s needs. To begin, clients use the site’s Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule sessions according to availability.

How chosen approaches guide online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person and what they want to address. The therapist follows the client's lead, listens closely, and shapes sessions around personal goals and priorities. This approach works well for people who want a supportive, paced conversation about life changes.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps identify patterns that make anxiety or low mood worse and tests small behavior changes to see if things improve. CBT is often useful for stress, anxiety, and practical coping with health or caregiving demands.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It teaches concrete tools for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and clearer communication. That can be helpful when feelings feel overwhelming or when family interactions are strained.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and will try different ways of working until a good fit emerges. This is a collaborative process where the client helps guide what happens in sessions.

Please confirm current session options before booking, since specific online formats are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins, scheduling around weekend availability, or avoiding travel time. Ask about the available session arrangements when you complete the matching questionnaire.