Dr. Tiona Guess Praylow is a Columbia, SC native and a summa cum laude baccalaureate of Duke University in Durham, NC where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She received her dual MD, MPH medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill respectively.  She completed residencies in General and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina Hospitals, and is board certified in both.

Upon completion of her residency training, Dr. Praylow returned to her native Columbia, SC where she served in many capacities as a psychiatrist in multiple outpatient and inpatient settings.  In 2021, she launched Resiliency Empowerment Strategies, a telepsych and consulting agency focused on triumphing over trauma through clinical excellence, caregiver education, and community empowerment.  Shortly after her launch of REST, she relocated to GA where she served as Chief Medical Officer at Riverwoods Behavioral Health in Riverdale, GA for 2 years.  She is a fellow of the National Council on Mental Wellness Medical Directors Institute.  She currently serves as Medical Director at Three Rivers Midlands Residential Facility.   She is certified in Heart Math and the Safe and Sound Protocol and is exploring strategies for integrating these and other evidence based practices focused on the mind-body connection into care for adolescents in the PRTF setting. She and her husband enjoy sports, shopping, cooking, and travel with their 3 children and 2 fur babies.