supporting bipoc couples and adults
Hello, My name is Tiana Brawley and I am an Associate Clinical Social Worker. I work holistically blending Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Theory, Narrative Therapy, and Attachment work in therapy. I specialize in working with BIPOC individuals, LGBTQ+ and nonbinary individuals and communities.
HOW I WORK
By utilizing mindfulness techniques, we will work together to develop strategies and coping skills that will create more calm, invite more present thoughts and feelings, alleviate and quiet intruding thoughts and feelings which disrupt your wellbeing and moving forward.
Negative thoughts can trap you in a vicious cycle. I utilize CBT to help you disrupt, shift and challenge these negative thoughts and feelings. CBT will assist you in developing healthy problem-solving skills, and to effectively cope with conflict and uncomfortable situations.
Narrative therapy focuses on helping you find your voice, identify your values, and can support you in owning your unique story. I utilize narrative therapy to assist clients with discovering their life purpose and aligning to their goals.
I use attachment perspective with couples, in efforts to learn more about each partner's history and patterns of bonding, loving relationships, childhood nurturing, and learned ways of relationship building and expressing love and care. Through this work, I can help couples build positive communication skills, establish boundaries within the partnership, and redefine and define partnership values and rituals.
“Therapy is not a “one size fits all” experience, and I ensure to take your unique lived experiences and identities into consideration.”
HEALING FOR BIPOC AND LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES:
I work with Black, indigenous, POC communities as well as LGBTQ+ communities who are deeply impacted by societal, historical and systemic oppression and marginalization. In therapy, we do not shy away from discussing the impact race, culture, privilege and discrimination in our communities. Together, we can create coping skills and healing practices that affirm our identities while also unpacking historical trauma.
WORKING WITH YOUNG ADULTS AND ADULTS ENDURING MAJOR LIFE TRANSITIONS AND QUESTIONING PIVOTAL NEXT STEPS.
Sometimes roadblocks and that feeling of “stuckness” get in the way of clearing our vision and taking next steps. I work with young adults and adults to build healthy coping skills, work on building and exploring identities, and creating goals that align with your purpose and values.
HELPING MULTICULTURAL, LGBTQ AND NON-BINARY QUEER COUPLES MANAGE WORK LIFE BALANCE, AND DEEPEN THEIR SENSE OF QUALITY TIME.
Oftentimes in partnership, we forget to create love rituals, routines and grounding practices that can help to deepen the connection. In my work with couples, I help create more opportunities to commit to intentional quality time, incorporate joint self care and self love practices, and align busy work schedules to create a sense of balance.
Additionally, I support couples in naming the systemic, external and oppressive factors that are consciously and unconsciously impacting the partnership. In working with me, we can deconstruct society’s long held beliefs of “romantic love”, and get real about the hardships of creating sustainable healthy love. Using Emotional Focused therapy, attachment work, and a systems perspective, we can learn to unpack our internalized “relationship goals”, and focus on building authentic love and connection.
HELPING COUPLE’S SEPARATE AND FIND PEACE IN THEIR DIVERGING JOURNEYS:
I support couples in the sometimes messy, painful, and heart wrenching process of separating. It can be difficult to make the decision to separate and “call it quits”. I support couple’s in decision making, reflecting on relationship history and roots of conflict, and creating peace in moving forward. I utilize tools and skills from EFT (Emotional Focused Therapy), attachment work, and solution focused therapy to support couples in this process.
SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRYING TO PROCESS AND HEAL FROM THIS MULTI- LAYERED PANDEMIC.
This pandemic has impacted us from different and all intersections of our lives - from racial violence, socio economic disparities, shifts in the work experience, natural disasters and political chaos. It is a lot to unpack! I support clients in finding their way back and redefining their sense of self and community in the midst of our chaotic world. I also help clients develop consistent coping skills, routines, and revamp some of their lifelong goals to match their current life situations.
SPECIALTIES AND INTERESTS
Race based stress and racial trauma
Work-related stress, and creating balance for working professionals
Social anxiety
Processing and coping with grief, loss, and separation
Working with BIPOC & LGBTQ+ partners and couples
CREDENTIALS
University of Washington- Seattle Campus
School of Social Work - September 2017- June 2019
Associate Clinical Social Worker, ASW #92265, Supervised by Melody Wright, LMFT #107069
TRAINING
Trauma informed care and Trauma Therapy, October 2018
Affirmation and mindfulness therapy with LGBTQ+ populations, November 2017
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, January 2019
Client’s Attachment Styles and Therapy Outcomes, March 2019
INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH TIANA?
More questions? Visit our FAQ page.
**All psychotherapy services are provided by Life by Design Therapy, a holistic and somatic psychotherapy center founded by Melody Wright, LMFT. Life by Design Therapy welcomes the diversity of all ethnic backgrounds, religious beliefs, family configurations, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
