About Lakisha
Lakisha Cummings is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience based in New Jersey. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and the emotional impact of trauma. Lakisha aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for everyday life.
She uses a compassionate, culturally responsive style that centers the person in the room. Sessions are collaborative and strength-based. Lakisha helps people name what feels hard, notice patterns, and try small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Her work often focuses on social anxiety, isolation, and relationship struggles. She also supports people dealing with communication problems, guilt and shame, or questions about life purpose and self-love. The emphasis is on practical steps to improve day-to-day functioning.
Lakisha draws on long clinical experience to tailor her approach to each person. She listens for someone’s values and goals, then helps create short-term plans and realistic practice tasks between sessions. Progress is measured in small, concrete shifts rather than promises.
People can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk about painful memories and current stressors. Lakisha encourages learning new skills for managing emotions while also exploring deeper patterns that get in the way of feeling better. Her practice is open to English-speaking clients in New Jersey and international clients.
Therapy aims to help people build resilience, clearer communication, and greater self-acceptance over time.
How evidence-based approaches fit into online therapy
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on clear, practical methods to reduce symptoms and build coping skills. For example, cognitive approaches help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and practice new ways of thinking to reduce anxiety or depressive mood. These techniques are useful for everyday worries, social anxiety, and persistent negative thinking.Another common approach emphasizes skills training for emotion regulation and communication. This involves learning step-by-step practices for handling intense feelings, improving how to talk about needs, and reducing conflict in close relationships. These tools help with stress, relationship problems, and feelings of isolation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try approaches, track what helps, and adjust the plan over time so it fits the person’s life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not convenient. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins, written practice, and coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue progress from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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