Dr. Tiana Anderson is a licensed psychologist and the founder of White Willow Psychological Services, PLLC. She earned her undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice from St. Joseph’s College in New York and completed her doctoral degree in clinical psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Anderson’s doctoral research focused on exploring secondary traumatic stress in mental health professionals providing care to juvenile-justice-involved youth and she is passionate about social justice and working with individuals involved with legal and correctional systems. In her clinical work, Dr. Anderson has provided individual, group, and family therapy as well as crisis intervention and psychological assessment services in forensic, inpatient hospital, nonprofit, private practice, and correctional/juvenile justice settings, working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Dr. Anderson’s primary areas of interest include trauma, adversity and resilience, animal assisted therapy, crisis intervention, chronic pain and chronic health conditions, and forensic work. Dr. Anderson also conducts psychological evaluations, and provides supervision, consultation, and training. Dr. Anderson is licensed in both Maine and Texas.
At Integrative Health Center of Maine, Dr. Anderson works with children, adolescents, and adults using a trauma-informed relational approach and integrates strengths-based, attachment-focused, client-centered, and emotion-focused concepts into the therapeutic space. She views the therapeutic relationship itself as paramount in providing a space for exploration, change, and healing. Dr. Anderson is passionate about accompanying clients on the journey of exploring and increasing insight into the experiences that have shaped them into who they are as human beings and that at times, contribute to experiences of suffering and struggle. She views therapy as a place to honestly and genuinely explore past and present experiences in the here-and-now, with the goal of growth toward a more fulfilling future. Her therapeutic approach is flexible, individualized, and culturally sensitive recognizing each client as the expert of their own lived experiences. A big-time animal lover and firm believer in the healing power of animals and human-animal interactions, Dr. Anderson participated in Texas State’s Animal Assisted Counseling (AAC) Academy with her therapy partner and endlessly loving companion, Luna and the two have been certified as an Animal Assisted Counseling Team by Texas State’s Animal Assisted Counseling Academy. Animal Assisted Counseling is a goal directed process in which a trained mental health practitioner-animal team work together to help clients resolve mental health and behavioral challenges and achieve growth using the therapeutic powers of human-animal interaction. Together, Dr. Anderson and Luna take a strengths-based, genuine, and supportive approach to therapy and prioritize creating a safe space to establish a trusting relationship for exploration, growth, and healing. We look forward to connecting with you!
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You can learn more about Dr. Anderson and Luna here: www.whitewillowpsych.com
Send Dr. Anderson an email: dr.anderson@whitewillowpsych.com
Or reach out by phone: 512-553-620