Tia Parsley, LPC, LCDC

The Woodlands, Texas

VerifiedTelehealth Available

Professions: Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, Mental Health Counselor

Languages: English

My Approach to Therapy

Maybe you're exhausted from overthinking, keeping everyone happy, holding everything together, or wondering why the same patterns keep showing up in your life and relationships. You may look capable on the outside while privately thinking, “Why can't I handle this better?” or even, “What's wrong with me?” I help adults struggling with anxiety, stress, relationships, boundaries, past experiences, and feeling disconnected from themselves understand what's beneath the struggle, challenge beliefs that no longer fit, and develop practical tools to move forward with greater confidence and clarity. I look beyond the symptoms to help you understand the experiences, relationships, beliefs, and patterns shaping how you feel and respond today. Together, we'll uncover what's keeping you stuck, challenge beliefs that no longer serve you, and build practical skills to help you respond differently...with greater understanding, confidence, and self-trust. Reaching out for therapy can feel vulnerable, especially when you're used to handling things on your own. You don't need to have the right words or know exactly where to begin. We'll start with where you are and make sense of it together. Your story deserves to be understood, and you don't have to figure it all out alone. When you're ready, I'm here.

My Practice & Services

Fee: $165 per hour I do not accept insurance, however can provide a receipt which can be turned into insurance providers by the client for an "out of network" reimbursement rate or cost may go towards the deductible.

My Therapy Focus

My therapy focus is helping you understand what's happening beneath the surface, not simply managing the symptoms that brought you through the door. Anxiety, overwhelm, relationship struggles, people-pleasing, difficulty setting boundaries, anger, or feeling disconnected from yourself rarely exist in a vacuum. Together, we'll explore the experiences, relationships, beliefs, and patterns that may be shaping how you see yourself and respond to the world around you. Sometimes the patterns that frustrate us today developed for very understandable reasons. They may have helped you cope, belong, avoid conflict, feel safe, or get through something difficult. Understanding where they came from doesn't mean you have to keep living by them. We'll work together to recognize what no longer fits, challenge beliefs that may be keeping you stuck, and develop practical skills that help you respond differently today. My goal isn't to turn you into someone new. It's to help you better understand yourself, reconnect with who you are, and move forward with greater confidence, clarity, and self-trust.

On the Fence About Going to Therapy?

If you're on the fence about therapy, you may be wondering whether what you're going through is really “bad enough” to need help. Maybe you've handled hard things on your own before. Maybe you're telling yourself you should be able to figure this out too. Here's the thing, you don't have to be in crisis to come to therapy. Sometimes the reason people reach out is simply because they're tired. Tired of overthinking. Tired of repeating the same patterns. Tired of feeling responsible for everyone. Tired of having the same argument. Tired of knowing something needs to change but not knowing how to make it happen. And, you don't need to know exactly what to say when you get here. You can show up with, “I don't really know where to start.” That's enough! We'll start there and figure it out together. Therapy isn't about proving that something is wrong with you. It's an opportunity to become curious about what's happening, understand yourself more deeply, and decide what you want to be different. You don't have to have everything figured out before you reach out. That's kind of the point :)

How My Own Struggles Made Me a Better Therapist

I've learned some of my most important lessons about being a therapist outside of the therapy room. I've had seasons when I was overwhelmed, stretched too thin, and so focused on responsibilities and the people around me that I lost sight of what I needed. I've had to examine my own beliefs, learn healthier boundaries, recognize patterns that were not serving me, and discover that understanding something intellectually is very different from actually living it. Those experiences have given me an even deeper appreciation for how complicated change can be. You can know what you “should” do and still struggle to do it. You can understand that a boundary is healthy and still feel guilty setting it. You can recognize an old pattern and still find yourself falling right back into it. And, you can be incredibly capable while privately wondering why something that seems so simple feels so hard. I understand that change rarely happens in a perfectly straight line. My own experiences have made me less interested in judging where someone “should” be and much more curious about understanding where they are, what shaped them, and what they need to move forward. You don't have to arrive at therapy with everything figured out. That's something we can begin making sense of together.

Expertise & Specialties

Age Groups I Work With

TeensAdults

Therapy Services & Specialties

ConsultationFamily Therapy Individual Therapy & Counseling Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling Telehealth

Concerns & Challenges Addressed

AbandonmentAbuse / Abuse Survivor IssuesAddictions and CompulsionsAdjusting to Change / Life TransitionsAggression and ViolenceAngerAnxietyCaregiver Issues / Stress

Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods

Anger ManagementCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)Emotion Focused Couples TherapyFamily Systems TherapyMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)