Tiffany Thornton, LPC

Tiffany Thornton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing from Wisconsin with eight years of clinical experience. She completed an undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Phoenix - AZ and earned a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University - MN. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Advanced Studies in Human Behavior at Capella University - MN, building on her training and experience.

As a nontraditional learner who balanced single parenting, full-time employment, and online study, Tiffany draws on lived experience to connect with people navigating shifting roles and unexpected life changes. Those personal and family transitions - including forming a blended household - inform her practical, empathetic approach. She emphasizes a multi-systems perspective that considers relationships, family of origin, and social context while offering a supportive, nonjudgmental therapeutic environment.

Tiffany integrates a range of clinical methods to match each person or couple's needs. Her approaches include Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, the Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. She has completed Level 1 training in the Gottman Method and works with couples to improve connection and communication.

Her specialty areas include relationship and intimacy concerns, coping with life changes, stress and anxiety, family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, parenting, self-esteem, and depression. Additional focuses include abandonment and attachment issues, BDSM, kink and alternative sex culture, blended family dynamics, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, feelings of emptiness, forgiveness, infidelity, jealousy, life purpose, men's issues, and midlife transitions. Tiffany also serves as an ally to the LGBTQ community, working to affirm identity and to address challenges faced by people from marginalized groups.