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Tabitha Duckworth

Tabitha Duckworth

LCSW · Florida

Experienced LCSW helping people make practical change

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  • Strengths focused
  • Practical skills
  • Relationship support

About Tabitha

Tabitha Duckworth is a licensed clinical social worker with 29 years of experience. She focuses on helping people identify strengths and build practical skills to handle stress, grief, relationship strain, and life transitions. Her approach is direct and encouraging, aimed at creating change one step at a time.

She uses client-centered methods that keep the person’s goals at the center of sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ideas are often used to notice unhelpful thinking and try new habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and work with strong feelings in relationships. Mindfulness practices and Motivational Interviewing techniques are added when they fit the situation.

Tabitha has worked in a variety of settings over nearly three decades. That experience includes individual work, couples support, group settings, and assisting people managing chronic conditions and caregiver stress. She also lists adoption and foster care among her focus areas and can work with concerns connected to attachment and blended families.

People come to her for worry, depression, trauma, addiction concerns, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, life transitions, and career questions. Tabitha aims to help clients notice what is working, try manageable changes, and build momentum toward clearer choices.

She holds the LCSW credential and practices in Florida. Sessions are conducted in English. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used so scheduling can follow based on therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy places the client's goals and perspective at the center of sessions. Online work with this approach means conversations focus on what matters to the person and on building practical steps that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches people to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. In online sessions CBT can include short experiments, thought records, and problem-solving exercises that the client practices between visits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps name and work with strong feelings in relationships, and it can guide conversations about patterns that cause distance or conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying approaches, checking what helps, and adjusting strategies together.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine, shorten travel time, and allow for flexible scheduling around work or caregiving. It also lets people practice new skills between sessions in their daily life and come back to discuss what worked and what didn't. Licensed professionals can adapt tools like CBT exercises, mindfulness practices, and emotionally-focused conversations to an online setting so therapy fits into the client's everyday schedule.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefDepression

Also works with

AddictionsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHearing impairedHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

29+ years

Credentials

Florida

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting strains, anger, self-esteem, career issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other life changes.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is client-centered and collaborative, with practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing used as appropriate.

How much experience does she have?

She has practiced as a social worker for 29 years, including work with individuals, couples, groups, and family-related concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds the LCSW credential and practices in Florida.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

Please confirm current session format options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are provided.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling based on the therapist's availability.

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