Tabitha Duckworth

Compassionate, practical therapy for real-life challenges

LCSW Florida

Experience: 29 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Tabitha

Tabitha Duckworth brings a cognitive behavioral approach to her work, helping clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns while building practical coping skills. With 29 years as a licensed clinical social worker, she blends CBT with client-centered and emotionally focused techniques to tailor care to each person’s needs.

Background and approach

Tabitha emphasizes skill development, motivation, and strength-based strategies that help people move through stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She draws on extensive experience with individuals, couples, groups, and families to address concerns such as relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, parenting and blended family challenges, chronic illness and caregiver stress, and complicated losses.

Tabitha also works with issues related to ADHD, bipolar disorder, body image, and codependency, offering practical tools for managing emotions, improving communication, and rebuilding a sense of control. Located in Florida and credentialed as an LCSW, she focuses on supporting clients in discovering resilient habits and meaningful change.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Tabitha commonly employs Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centered methods, each adapted for remote work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and learning practical strategies to change behaviors and reduce symptoms, often helping with anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on patterns in close relationships and supports clients in expressing and responding to emotions more effectively, which can help with intimacy issues and communication problems. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client's own goals and strengths, providing a supportive space to explore motivations and build self-directed change.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative; the therapist will work with clients to understand their goals, preferences, and the issues they want to address, and then recommend methods that fit those needs. That process may combine elements from different therapies and evolve as progress is made.

Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for scheduling and for engaging in therapy in ways that suit daily life. These options make it easier to access regular support, practice newly learned skills between sessions, and maintain continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly help with?

Tabitha works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related problems, grief, addictions, parenting and family challenges, and coping with life changes.

What is her general therapeutic style?

Her practice integrates Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to create collaborative, skills-based treatment tailored to each client.

How long has she practiced clinical social work?

She has 29 years of experience as a social worker, drawing on work with individuals, couples, groups, and families throughout her career.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

Tabitha is a licensed clinical social worker with the credential LCSW and practices in Florida; her license is listed as FL LCSW SW19155.

Does she offer services in other languages or accept international clients?

She provides services in English and is not currently accepting international clients.

Which session formats are available for working together?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.

How is pricing handled for therapy with her?

Costs vary depending on location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What is the process to begin working with her?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGrief Depression

Also works with

Addictions Trauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changes Compassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHearing impairedHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

29+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English