01 · Who Tinia works with

Tinia works with stress, Anxiety, relationship issues and family conflicts

Tinia lists 16 specialisms and 22 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Tinia chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Tinia's own words

What Tinia says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

Hello and Welcome.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist located in the state of California with with over 15 years of experience supporting individuals through challenging moments. I work with clients who experience a wide range of symptoms and concerns, including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, addictions, parenting problems, career challenges, trauma, abuse-drawing on evidence-based therapeutic approaches to foster healing and growth.

My practice centers on creating a safe, affirming space where you can explore complex emotions and experiences. I will utilize an eclectic approach, using flexible methods of Person-Centered, Cognitive-Behavioral, Emotionally Focused, and/or Attachment Style Approaches. I will provide a space where individual's feel comfortable and safe, while assisting in an understanding of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are related and also challenging the individual to live and act authentically in their lives.

I believe you are the expert of your story and my role is to walk alongside you with compassion, curiosity, and genuine care-helping you build insight, resilience, and meaningful change at your own pace. Taking the first step toward therapy takes courage, and I'm honored to support you on your journey.

I look forward to working with you!

Tinia Holleman-Soto, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Tinia works

The 6 approaches Tinia lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Tinia lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Tinia's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Tinia runs a session.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Reads present-day relationship difficulty through the lens of how safety and closeness were learned early on. The therapeutic relationship itself is treated as part of the work, because it is where the pattern tends to show up first.

Client-Centred TherapyPerson-centred · Rogerian

The therapist does not steer toward a technique or a diagnosis. They offer sustained, non-judgemental attention and reflect back what they hear, on the premise that people find their own direction when they are genuinely listened to. Often what people mean by “someone who just gets it”.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Emotionally Focused TherapyEFT

Built for couples and rooted in attachment: the recurring argument is treated as a cycle two people are stuck in rather than as one person's fault. Sessions work to interrupt the cycle and get to what each person is actually asking for underneath it.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

Trauma-Focused TherapyTF-CBT · trauma-informed

CBT adapted for people whose difficulty is rooted in a frightening or overwhelming event. Pacing is the point: safety and stabilisation come first, the memory itself is approached gradually and only when you are ready, and the aim is that recalling it stops hijacking the present.

Also listed

• Existential Therapy

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Tinia practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Tinia's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Tinia at this point.

2. Naming Tinia specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Tinia is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Tinia.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

4 questions worth asking Tinia

Built from what Tinia actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Tinia's - Tinia has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “You list both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Which do you lean on with someone like me?”

  Those two point in different directions - one structured and led by the therapist, the other led by you. The answer tells you what the sessions will actually feel like.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “With 15 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”

  Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LMFT

Licensed in

California

Licence

CA LMFT 51834

Licence number

51834

Licence expires

31 May 2028

NPI

1265668495

Years in practice

15

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Tinia's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

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