About Lakesha
Lakesha Lingard is a Florida-based licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who focuses on practical help for stress and anxiety. She keeps sessions direct and compassionate so people can start making small changes quickly. Her work centers on straight talk and collaboration.
She listens first, then helps people name what matters and set realistic goals. Sessions are interactive and aimed at skills people can use between appointments. Over a decade of clinical work means she has supported people with depression, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, career stress, attention concerns, and substance issues.
Background and approach
She also has experience helping people who have lived through physical trauma or emotional abuse. Therapy blends evidence-based tools with a warm, human approach. Lakesha draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thoughts and actions, and she uses emotionally focused strategies to improve connection and communication.
She adjusts the conversation and the plan to fit each person's needs. People who choose her practice can expect clear steps and practical homework between visits. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and avoiding stigmatizing labels.
The aim is to help people build coping skills and regain a stronger sense of control over daily life. She works with adults on issues like grief, addiction, intimacy concerns, body image, codependency, and coping with life transitions. Sessions take place online using several formats to fit different schedules and preferences.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying values and taking small, meaningful steps toward them while learning to live alongside uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It can help people with anxiety, stress, and life transitions find momentum again.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice patterns of thought and behavior that feed anxiety or low mood, then practice concrete techniques to change those patterns. It often includes short exercises to try between sessions so progress carries over into daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the online process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helping and what feels useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people use visual cues for connection, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works well for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders and short reflections between appointments. These options help fit care into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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