About LaDawna
LaDawna Thomas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or relationship strain. She speaks plainly and aims to create a space where concerns can be understood and practical steps are planned. Her work is steady and purposeful, focused on daily life and manageable change.
With 25 years of experience, she brings long practice working with adults on trauma and abuse, depression, anger, and self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing blended family tension, caregiver stress, communication or control issues, and challenges around pregnancy, postpartum, and young adulthood. Her sessions draw on cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and shift unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness practices are used to build calm and presence.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies help clients set realistic goals and take small steps forward. LaDawna describes her style as supportive and compassionate, yet direct when a challenge will move things forward. She focuses on practical tools people can use between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning.
Located in Missouri, she offers care that aims to help people develop healthier thinking, clearer communication, and steadier emotions. The goal is better choices and more balance in everyday life.
Approaches that translate well online
LaDawna uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often involves simple exercises, short experiments, and homework tasks that fit neatly into video or text-based sessions.She also uses mindfulness techniques to help clients build awareness and manage anxious moments. Mindfulness exercises can be practiced in short guided segments during a call or via written prompts in messaging sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will discuss goals and preferences, try techniques together, and adjust methods over time so the work matches what the person needs and can maintain between sessions.
Online formats offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the same clinical approaches she practices in person.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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