Tina LaPorta, LMFT

Tina LaPorta is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical steps people can use to feel better and manage day-to-day struggles. Tina aims to create an easygoing, straightforward space where clients can talk about stress, anxiety, relationships, addiction, mood shifts, and parenting worries.

Tina favors approaches that help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She blends those methods with client-centered listening to make sure goals fit each person's life. She also uses motivational interviewing to support change when people feel stuck.

Her background includes work in community mental health, outpatient and intensive outpatient programs, and partial hospitalization. She has experience with substance use concerns and longer-term mental health conditions from early clinical roles. She has also done counseling on military bases and at Veterans Affairs Vet Centers.

Tina holds two master’s degrees in psychology, one focused on college teaching and the other in counseling with a marriage and family therapy emphasis. She is licensed as an LMFT in Arizona and Florida. Her years in both clinical and teaching roles shape a calm, results-oriented style.

People who meet with Tina can expect clear, goal-focused sessions that mix practical skills with open conversation. She helps clients set small, achievable steps and checks progress each week. This approach is meant to make change feel manageable and realistic.

How Tina’s approaches translate to online therapy

Tina commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, low mood, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client's concerns and values, with the therapist listening closely and reflecting so the client can find their own solutions. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to strengthen a person’s own motivation to change, often used for substance use, habit change, or when people feel stuck.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Tina will talk with each person about goals and preferences and adjust methods as needed. Sessions are collaborative and practical, so plans are tailored to what fits the client’s life and pace.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat can support brief check-ins, and messaging is helpful for shorter updates or ongoing encouragement. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.