Tina Fitts
Ph.D, LMHC, LMFT, NCC, RYT, CPT
Dr. Tina Fitts is a core faculty at Walden University and teaching in higher education since 2013. She is the course manager for the Diagnosis and Assessment course, and a leadership fellow for the Student Development. Dr. Fitts is a licensed mental health counselor and a marriage/family & couples’ therapist in the state of Florida. She specializes in treatment of trauma and chronic illnesses with focus on cancer. As a yoga teacher she utilizes mind-body approaches and elements of yoga in her clinical practice. She thoroughly enjoys teaching and training the next generation of counselors.
Research:
- psychoneuroimmunology
- cancer treatment
- mind-body healing
Specializations:
- trauma
- anxiety
- relationship therapy
Courses Taught
COUN 6743 - Psychopharmacology
COUN 6336 - Crisis, Trauma, and Response
COUN 6316 - Techniques of Counseling
COUN 6250 - Group Process and Dynamic
GRPL 6100 - Group Lab
Education
PhD, Barry University
MS, Barry University
BA, East Stroudsburg University
Public Service
Minority Fellowship Program -National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), Member - Miami
Yoga Alliance , Organizer - Orlando
Awards / Honors
Minority Fellowship Program, National Board for Certified Counselors, 2015
Teaching For Equity, Yoga Alliance, 2022
Presentations
Fitts, T. (2022). Yoga and Mental Health: in action.
Fitts, T. (2020). Compassionate Coupling Among Clients with Cancer: A Focus on the Caregiver.
Fitts, T. (2016). From Cancer to Courage: How Families Find Hope.
Fitts, T. (2016). Developing as a Counselor: The Process.
Fitts, T. (2015). Finding Strength Together: Sharing the Cancer Journey.
Fitts, T. (2015). Advocating for Women with the Experience of Domestic Violence.
Fitts, T. (2013). Community Support for Women with Experience of Domestic Violence.
Fitts, T. (2013). Defining a Therapeutic Process Using Images with Women Survivors of Domestic Violence.