About Lakishia
Lakishia Bussell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina who focuses on helping people manage anxiety and stress. She offers a straightforward, respectful approach that aims to help clients feel heard and supported. Sessions emphasize practical steps and real-life tools to cope with day-to-day challenges.
Bussell draws on client-centered work to put the person's goals first. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral ideas to help identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns.
Background and approach
Emotionally-focused methods guide conversations about relationship and attachment concerns when those come up. Her style is encouraging and interactive. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with compassion.
Therapy is framed as a collaboration where the client's priorities shape the work. Bussell has three years of documented experience with online and remote session formats. She has a long history in mental health overall and has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in North Carolina since 2012, which is shown by her LCSW credential.
People often come to her for a range of concerns such as depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, bipolar symptoms, addiction-related issues, relationship stress, self-esteem struggles, and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges, career transitions, and LGBT-related concerns. Her sessions use practical tools like motivational interviewing and mindfulness exercises when appropriate.
The focus is on clear, manageable strategies that fit each person's life and goals.
How approaches like CBT and client-centered work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It aims to create a space where a client can set goals and shape the work. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-focused ideas help when relationship or attachment concerns are present by examining emotions and interaction patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try different methods to see what fits. This is a collaborative effort where strategies are adjusted based on what helps the individual make progress.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging work well for short check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options help fit therapy around work, family, and daily life rather than requiring major schedule changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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