About La
La Shekia Smith-Brown is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports clients dealing with parenting strain, relationship and family problems, grief, anger, and life changes. La Shekia practices from Nevada and brings seven years of clinical experience to her work as an LCSW.
She favors straightforward conversation and practical problem solving. Sessions focus on identifying what is not working and trying small, doable changes.
Background and approach
Sheila uses several therapy methods to match each person's needs rather than relying on a single approach. Her background includes roles in health and human services, such as day treatment teaching and case management in early intervention and intellectual disability services.
She has offered behavioral consultation for individuals and community group home providers, and has provided psychotherapy and assessment for mood and thought disorders. In therapy she pays close attention to what clients say and how they say it. She sees people as having many parts and looks at life circumstances, relationships, and strengths together.
This helps create treatment plans that combine different methods when needed. La Shekia prefers live video sessions because she finds them more engaging, though she also works through other online formats. Her aim is to make therapy a collaborative effort where the client helps set goals and decides what steps feel right.
Approaches that guide online sessions
La Shekia uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns because it links thinking, feeling, and acting in clear steps.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills. DBT tools can help when emotions feel overwhelming or relationship patterns are causing repeated conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, history, and what feels doable. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online formats include live video, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow fuller interaction and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a quick check-in or times with lower bandwidth. Live chat and messaging offer brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try approaches that suit each person's routine and comfort.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Nevada, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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