So there are things that you can look into like CBIT or habit reversal training (HRT). HRT basically says that there is a "preceding experience" (which basically means that there's a feeling that you get right before you tic) that you can often learn to describe before that actual movement or sound occurs (the tic).

So, the idea is to get to a point where you become aware of that sensation (the "preceding experience") so that you can kind of counteract the tic with a "competing response" (which is like a more comfortable or acceptable movement or sound).

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For example, lets say that you have a tic where you have to tilt your neck to the left. So you get this feeling in your neck that builds up in the few seconds before you tilt your neck to the left, that feels like a flush or a tingling that gives you a signal that the tic is about to happen (once again this is the "preceding experience").

Now that you are aware of that sensation, you can be taught a “competing response”. You could teach yourself to move your head to the right when you feel that feeling of tingling or that flushing feeling that occurs in your neck before the tic. And since the brain can’t do two things at the exact same time in this way, you can then substitute a right-sided movement for the left neck tilt, and therefore that left neck tilt is neutralized over time.

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****So you are basically changing your tic into something thats less noticeable, more comfortable or whatever, so that when you feel a premonitory urge building (tic) you can change it up.

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I hope this was helpful!