About Thiera
Dr. Thiera Clifford is a licensed professional counselor with ten years of clinical experience in Michigan. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions.
Dr. Clifford works one-on-one to set clear treatment goals and to address problems that interfere with daily functioning. Her work often includes support for perinatal mood concerns, parenting strain, and chronic pain or illness.
She also addresses career stress, caregiver burnout, and identity issues such as prejudice and discrimination.
Background and approach
She offers group sessions in addition to individual therapy when group support fits a person’s needs. In sessions she aims to notice what is happening in the here and now. She helps people identify obstacles and build practical coping skills.
Conversations may include communication practice, confidence building, and tools to manage symptoms of mood disorders. Her approach draws from somatic methods, mindfulness, and cognitive strategies alongside client-centered and psychodynamic ideas. That means attention to sensations in the body, present-moment awareness, and looking at patterns that repeat over time.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. People who want straightforward guidance and practical tools tend to find this style helpful. Dr.
Clifford blends teaching with hands-on work to help clients move toward clearer priorities and improved daily functioning.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and how they connect to emotions. In an online session this can mean gentle guidance to notice breath, posture, and tension and to use those signals to inform coping strategies. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. Online sessions center on the person’s goals and reactions, with the therapist reflecting and helping people find their own solutions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and preferences. Adjustments are made over time so the work stays relevant and practical for daily life.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These choices make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, manage energy during difficult days, and maintain continuity when travel or illness would otherwise interrupt care. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach skills, guide mindfulness and somatic awareness, and troubleshoot problems between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English