Trina Qualls-Dunaway
Practical support for family stress and self-esteem
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Trina
Trina Qualls-Dunaway is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, evidence-based techniques to address day-to-day stress and anxiety. She focuses on family dynamics, self-esteem, motivation, depression, and coaching to help people move toward clearer goals and calmer routines. Trina works to make each session straightforward and useful for parents and caregivers juggling many demands.
With 15 years of professional experience, she draws on real-world practice to guide problem solving and provide steady support.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on open conversation where feelings and concerns can be named without judgement. Sessions aim to build small, concrete steps that fit into family life and work schedules. Trina emphasizes collaboration and clear goals.
She listens for what matters most to each person and helps craft strategies that feel possible. That can include short-term coaching-style tools or deeper work on patterns that interfere with daily functioning. People who choose her work with someone who prioritizes practical progress and steady encouragement.
Trina combines clinical skill with a warm, direct style so parents can try new ways of handling stress at home. She supports hopeful, realistic plans for change. She practices in Pennsylvania and conducts sessions in English.
Trina invites prospective clients to consider what they most want to change and to take the first step toward clearer routines and less overwhelm.
Therapeutic techniques and online care that fit family life
Trina often uses practical, evidence-based techniques that resemble brief coaching and structured problem solving. Brief coaching-style methods focus on setting clear short-term goals and identifying steps to reach them; these work well for motivation, scheduling, and building new habits. Structured problem solving breaks down stressful situations into manageable parts and helps people try specific strategies to reduce daily overwhelm.She also uses talk-based, skills-oriented approaches that help with mood and anxiety by teaching simple tools for coping and for improving communication within family relationships. Those techniques help people notice patterns, practice different responses, and track small improvements over time. Finding the best mix of approaches is a collaborative process - the therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods to fit home life and priorities.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy families. These formats make it easier to schedule around work, school, and caregiving, and allow ongoing support between visits when people need reminders or short check-ins. The range of options helps people keep momentum toward their goals while balancing everyday responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Coaching
- Depression
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
Next step
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- Stop at any point