About Lamar
Lamar Sykes is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 14 years of clinical experience. He offers straightforward support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and life transitions. Lamar uses practical, down-to-earth language to help clients talk through problems and find clearer paths forward.
He blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral tools to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. He also uses mindfulness techniques to reduce overwhelm and the Gottman Method to address relationship patterns.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change or needs a nudge to get moving. Over his career Lamar has worked in school-based settings and independent practice. His background includes work with individuals, couples, teenagers, young adults, and veterans.
He brings that variety into sessions, adapting approaches to the person in front of him rather than following a single script. Lamar trained in counseling psychology for his Master of Science degree and holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.
He lives in Indiana with his wife and three children and draws on everyday family life when helping parents and partners manage real-world challenges. In sessions he focuses on clear communication, problem-solving, and manageable steps. Many people come for help with anxiety, anger, addictions, grief, or work and career stress.
He aims to make therapy a practical space where small changes lead to better days.
How Lamar’s approach translates to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead to find what matters most. In online sessions Lamar uses this approach to build trust and set goals that feel realistic for daily life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify thoughts that fuel anxiety and replace them with more helpful actions. Online CBT sessions can include thought records, behavior experiments, and short homework tasks that fit into a busy schedule.
The Gottman Method offers concrete ways to change relationship patterns and improve communication. In video or phone sessions Lamar can teach specific skills, practice conversations, and give exercises couples can use between meetings.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Lamar will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and suggest options to try. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan if needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and role-play, phone calls work well for lower bandwidth or shorter check-ins, live chat lets people text in real time, and messaging supports quick updates or brief reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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