Tonia Locklear, LCSW

Biography

Tonia Locklear is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with experience supporting adolescents and adults through anxiety, trauma, depression, stress, relationship challenges, and life transitions. She uses evidence-based approaches including CBT, ACT, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care to help clients build resilience, strengthen coping skills, and create meaningful change in a supportive, client-centered environment.

Brightside offerings

Therapy Teen Therapy

Clinical Focus Areas

Alcohol Use Disorder Anger Management Anxiety Disorders Career Counseling Depression Divorce Domestic Abuse Dual Diagnosis First Responders Grief & Loss Infidelity Open Relationships Non-Monogamy Relationship Issues Self Esteem Self-Harming Stress Suicidal Ideation Veterans Women's Issues

Approach

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Attachment-Based Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) Exposure Therapy Family Systems Therapy Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Motivational Interviewing (MI) Narrative Therapy Positive Psychology Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT) Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Languages

English

Identity

Female She/Her/Hers

Culture & faith

African American Bicultural / Multicultural People Christianity Diasporic or Black Culture Indigenous Cultures

Community & allyship

BIPOC Chronic Illness Immigrants LGBTQ+ Men's Mental Health Neurodiversity People with Disabilities Refugees Single Mothers Survivors of Trauma and Abuse Veterans Women

Credentials

LCSW

States served

North Carolina

Insurances accepted

Aetna All Savers Allegiance Benefit Plan Management Allied Benefit Systems Ambetter AmeriHealth Administrators (non-Medicaid plans) Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Blue Shield of California Cigna GEHA Healthscopes Independence Blue Cross (IBX) Magellan Medica Meritain Health Nebraska Total Care New York City Employees Plan Oscar Oxford Health Plans Public Employees Health Plan