Felisha Tillman, LPC-MHSP
Practical, trauma-informed counseling with somatic awareness
About Felisha
Felisha Tillman is a Licensed Professional Counselor–Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. She uses a warm, direct approach that focuses on building safety and trust in the therapy relationship. Felisha keeps work practical so people can use skills between sessions and feel steadier in daily life.
People often come to her when they feel stuck, overwhelmed, or exhausted from carrying emotional burdens alone.
Background and approach
She partners with clients to identify patterns that keep them in survival mode. Then she introduces tools for coping, communicating, and calming the nervous system. Her practice blends somatic-awareness with cognitive and skills-based methods.
That means attention to bodily signals alongside thoughts and behaviors. Felisha offers a structured but compassionate pace, helping people understand why they react as they do and learning small steps that change those reactions. Her background includes eight years working in community mental health, crisis intervention, and integrated behavioral health settings.
That experience shaped a straightforward, practical style that emphasizes measurable progress and clear goals. Felisha works with each person to set goals that matter to them. Sessions focus on improving daily functioning, reducing overwhelm, and strengthening coping and communication.
She provides support for rebuilding confidence and moving toward a life with more clarity and purpose.
Therapeutic approaches for online healing
Somatic work pays attention to how emotions show up in the body. It helps people notice tension, breath, and physical sensations and then learn simple ways to regulate those responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room; the therapist follows the client's pace and priorities and offers nonjudgmental support and reflection.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to see what fits each person's needs, goals, and comfort level. Together they may try different methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats allow flexible scheduling and ongoing contact that can fit around work, caregiving, or other commitments. They also let people practice skills between conversations and keep momentum toward clearer coping, calmer reactions, and better day-to-day functioning.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English