Tyania McConnell , LCSW, CSW, LMSW

Tyania McConnell is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of experience helping people work through stress, anxiety, grief, and career challenges. She holds LCSW, CSW, and LMSW credentials and practices from Georgia while also holding prior licensure in Michigan. Tyania emphasizes each person's strengths and respects clients as experts on their own lives.

She uses straightforward talk and collaborative goal-setting to make therapy feel practical. Sessions focus on clear steps people can take between meetings. The aim is to reduce overwhelming feelings and build skills for daily life.

Tyania draws on Client-Centered approaches to keep conversations focused on what matters most to the client. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to manage intense emotions. Mindfulness practices are woven in to help with stress and awareness.

Her work includes support around relationship concerns, family and family-of-origin issues, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and challenges first responders may face. She also helps with issues such as ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.

Tyania aims to make each session a straightforward step toward clearer thinking and better coping. People who want practical tools and a respectful, strengths-focused space may find her approach helpful. She speaks English and provides services from Georgia.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what the client says, allowing conversations to follow the client’s priorities and pace. It can help with stress, self-esteem, and decisions by centering the client's own goals and insights.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches straightforward techniques to change patterns that cause distress. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing unhelpful thinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for tolerating strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with relationship challenges and intense stress.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try different methods if needed, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative planning happens early and evolves as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a quicker check-in, and text messaging allows brief updates or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other daily routines while keeping the focus on practical skills and meaningful progress.