Tilaya Bradford-Hollins

Tilaya Bradford-Hollins, LCSW, supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, and challenges with self-esteem. She works with clients who are coping with big life changes and those dealing with body image, abandonment, or communication problems. Tilaya writes clear goals with each person and focuses on building everyday coping skills that can be used between sessions.

She keeps sessions warm and direct. Conversations aim to name what feels hard, notice patterns, and try small changes that make life easier. Practical tools from therapies like cognitive behavioral work and emotion-focused skills are used alongside a client-centered attitude that follows each person’s priorities.

Tilaya has 11 years of clinical experience as an Illinois licensed clinical social worker. Her background includes supporting people through trauma and post-traumatic stress, divorce and separation, caregiver strain, and mood challenges. That experience shapes how she balances safety, pacing, and active skill practice.

She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas to help people connect with what matters and repair relational patterns. Dialectical behavior strategies and CBT techniques are available for managing intense emotions and changing unhelpful thoughts.

Sessions focus on small, realistic steps toward goals like better communication, less reactivity, or improved self-love. Readers are encouraged to ask about session options and scheduling when they reach out to get started.

How these approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, value-driven steps even when feelings are hard. It can be useful for anxiety, low self-esteem, and navigating life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce distress and change behavior. CBT can help with mood, worry, and patterns that keep problems stuck. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape expectations and reactions; it can guide work on communication, trust, and repairing relational patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That collaborative process guides whether more ACT, CBT, attachment work, or a mix will be emphasized over time.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online and in-person options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find that remote sessions let them practice skills in real life between meetings and bring examples from daily life into conversation.