Tavia in Three words: Compassionate, Insightful, Relatable
Personal Style:
Tavia is client-focused and meets individuals where they are in their journey. She focuses on helping individuals develop the skills to create lasting, healthy habits. Tavia utilizes a combination of Play Therapy, Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to guide individuals to their treatment goals. Tavia is relaxed, playful, validating, culturally competent and uses her variety of interests and techniques to engage clients and build an authentic rapport based on the thoughts, feelings, and interests of others.
She believes that therapy is a tool that helps people learn about themselves and effectively connect with those around them.
In her free time, Tavia enjoys taking walks, listening to podcasts, and playing video-games.
Tavia offers:
- Individual counseling for adults, adolescents, and children.
- Parenting, relationship, and communication struggles
- Anxiety, stress, panic, obsessive compulsive disorder, fears and phobias
- Depression, mood disorders, behavioral difficulties, ADHD
- Professionals dealing with high levels of stress or burnout
Education/Experience:
Tavia Briscoe, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Connecticut. She earned her B.A. in Human Development and Family Studies & Sociology from the University of Connecticut and her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Springfield College.
Tavia has experience working with all age groups and specializes in working with children, adolescents and families. She has helped individuals and families tackle issues including: depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma, and disruptive behaviors. She developed her skills working in residential, outpatient and, in-home settings with individuals from a variety of backgrounds. Tavia is adept at identifying core issues and collaboratively developing attainable goals.
