Tina Leavitt, LICSW

Tina Leavitt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), a license that authorizes independent clinical social work practice, based in Rhode Island. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Social Work, both from Rhode Island College. Her clinical focus centers on supporting children, adolescents, parents, and families through emotional and behavioral challenges, with particular attention to stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, depression, relationship and family dynamics, anger, self-esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, ADHD, obsessions and compulsions including OCD, and phobias.

Tina approaches therapy with warmth and collaboration, building on each family and child’s strengths to address barriers that affect daily life. She integrates creative, developmentally appropriate interventions to help young clients develop skills and express themselves, drawing on play therapy and art therapy alongside mindfulness and cognitive behavioral techniques. In work with parents she emphasizes practical strategies and cooperative problem-solving to support behavior change and emotional regulation.

Her practice blends a strength-based perspective with structured therapeutic tools so that children, teens, and caregivers can make meaningful progress. Tina aims to create an encouraging environment where families learn new strategies, build resilience, and move toward healthier routines and relationships.

Therapeutic approaches offered through online care

Tina Leavitt uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where the child or family’s priorities guide the work. This approach focuses on understanding each person’s experience and building on strengths to foster insight, confidence, and emotional growth, which can be helpful for relationship issues, self-esteem, and adapting to life changes.

She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help young people and caregivers identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills to manage anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts, compulsive behaviors, and phobias. CBT offers structured tools for changing behaviors and improving mood.

Mindfulness therapy is used alongside other approaches to teach present-moment awareness and stress-management techniques, which can support coping with trauma, anger, and compassion fatigue. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process - Tina will work with each client and family to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust strategies as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible options for care, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules, maintain continuity of care, and access licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations.