Evidence-Based Therapy Grounded in Lived Experience
I’m Tia Piacquadio, LPCC-S, founder of BrainSpace Anxiety & OCD Therapy in Columbus, Ohio. I specialize in evidence-based treatment for OCD, anxiety disorders and related conditions in children, teens and adults.
AFTER EARNING MY MASTER’S DEGREE IN COUNSELING FROM CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY IN 2007, I OBTAINED MY COUNSELING LICENSE THAT SAME YEAR. SINCE THEN, I’VE GAINED EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE PROVIDING EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS, OCD AND RELATED CONDITIONS, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON HELPING CLIENTS BREAK FREE FROM THE CYCLES OF AVOIDANCE, REASSURANCE SEEKING, COMPULSIONS AND FEAR THAT KEEP ANXIETY IN CHARGE.
MY APPROACH IS SHAPED NOT ONLY BY MY TRAINING, BUT ALSO BY MY OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE. BEFORE BECOMING A THERAPIST, I STRUGGLED WITH UNDIAGNOSED OCD FOR YEARS. COMPLETING EXPOSURE AND RESPONSE PREVENTION (ERP) GAVE ME A LEVEL OF RELIEF I COULDN’T IMAGINE—AND IT TAUGHT ME JUST HOW BRAVE THE WORK OF RECOVERY REALLY IS. THAT EXPERIENCE CONTINUES TO SHAPE HOW I WORK WITH CLIENTS: WITH EMPATHY FOR HOW DIFFICULT OCD and anxiety CAN BE, PRACTICAL TOOLS GROUNDED IN EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT AND THE BELIEF THAT MEANINGFUL CHANGE IS POSSIBLE.
I’M COMMITTED TO STAYING CURRENT WITH EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENTS FOR OCD AND ANXIETY. I REGULARLY ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL OCD FOUNDATION (IOCDF) ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING THROUGH THE IOCDF PEDIATRIC BEHAVIOR THERAPY TRAINING INSTITUTE (BTTI). MY CLINICAL APPROACH DRAWS PRIMARILY FROM EXPOSURE AND RESPONSE PREVENTION (ERP), COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT), AND ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY (ACT), TAILORED TO EACH CLIENT’S NEEDS.
I BUILT BRAINSPACE AROUND A SIMPLE TRUTH: WHEN WE REDUCE THE MENTAL CLUTTER PRODUCED BY ANXIETY AND OCD, WE GAIN MORE SPACE FOR THE THINGS THAT TRULY MATTER—JOY, PURPOSE, CONNECTION AND A LIFE LED BY VALUES RATHER THAN FEAR.
I PROVIDE THERAPY FOR CHILDREN AGES 8+, TEENS, ADULTS AND PARENTS NAVIGATING OCD, ANXIETY and related disorders. TREATMENT IS TAILORED TO EACH CLIENT’S DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE, NEEDS, AND GOALS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PRACTICAL, EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE APPLIED OUTSIDE THE THERAPY office.
BRAINSPACE PROVIDES IN-PERSON THERAPY IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND TELEHEALTH THROUGHOUT OHIO.