About Kaniecia
Kaniecia Mixon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and trauma. She brings 15 years of clinical experience in California and centers her work on practical, down-to-earth support. Her approach is collaborative and respectful, aiming to meet people where they are without judgment.
She uses client-centered methods to listen first and tailor sessions to each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her work when people want clear strategies to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are offered for emotional regulation and improving distress tolerance. Her background includes providing behavioral support, crisis stabilization, safety planning, and developing coping skills. She has experience supporting parents with behavior management strategies and helping people recover from physical, sexual, or emotional abuse.
Her work also touches on grief, self-esteem, relationship and family problems, and life transitions. Mixon draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing to boost awareness and motivation for change. She often adapts sessions to include creativity, art, and playful techniques when that helps clients engage.
The goal is to build skills people can use between sessions. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connect people to therapy based on availability.
How practical approaches meet online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy starts by focusing on the person’s own goals and values. The therapist listens without judgment and helps people name what matters to them, which can be useful for anxiety, relationship strain, and parenting concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) gives clear, step-by-step tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by turning insights into concrete actions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for managing strong emotions and tolerating distress; people use these tools when feeling overwhelmed or stuck.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try out methods, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process means the treatment can change as needs and preferences evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth or visual focus is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, tracking progress, or continuing work between sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it easier to use therapeutic tools consistently.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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