About Shaa-Ista
Shaa-Ista Simmons-Wilcox is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) based in Michigan who focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and manage anxiety. She supports people dealing with grief, low self-esteem, career struggles, and symptoms of depression. Her approach is calm and accepting, and she aims to make the first steps into therapy feel doable.
She creates an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about what matters to them.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and small changes that can make daily life easier. She encourages honest conversation about feelings, thoughts, and behaviors so clients can try new ways of coping. Shaa-Ista draws on several approaches to fit each person’s needs.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports values-focused action even when emotions are hard. Attachment work looks at relationship patterns that affect wellbeing.
Her work also addresses concerns like abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, and first responder issues. She offers practical strategies for guilt, shame, loneliness, and decision points in life and work. With three years of experience, she aims to meet people where they are and move at a manageable pace.
Prospective clients can expect straightforward guidance and steady support while they practice new skills.
Approach-focused online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress, or feeling stuck in life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to recognize and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can reduce worry and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how relationship patterns shape reactions and helps people build different ways of relating that feel safer and more effective.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss these methods with each client and decide together what fits best. That collaborative process includes trying techniques, checking how they feel, and adjusting plans based on the client’s goals and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels like too much. Live chat and text-based messaging can be helpful for quick check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or practicing new skills in the moment. These options aim to increase flexibility and make consistent care more accessible for busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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