About Shaakira
Shaakira Gillette is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Pennsylvania who helps people manage anxiety, stress, and related concerns. She works with adults facing issues like depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, intimacy challenges, eating and sleeping problems, and relationship strain. Shaakira emphasizes clear, practical steps a person can use between sessions.
Her approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and hypnotherapy tools. Sessions often include breathing and grounding exercises, guided reflection, and simple homework to practice new thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Shaakira also draws on trauma-focused methods when past events continue to affect daily life. Shaakira frames therapy as both reflection and action. She starts with an initial assessment that covers behavioral health history, current challenges, and wellness goals.
From there she helps people identify core beliefs and patterns that keep them stuck and outlines small, concrete changes to try. Mindfulness practices, brief hypnotic techniques, and psychoeducation are woven into treatment to support concentration, reduce reactivity, and improve sleep and mood. She may also discuss lifestyle factors such as diet and daily routines as part of a holistic plan.
Clients can expect a compassionate yet practical guide who focuses on the mind-body connection. Shaakira encourages introspection alongside hands-on strategies so people build new habits and experience clearer thinking over time.
How online sessions use mindfulness, CBT, and trauma work
Shaakira often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on practical techniques such as tracking thoughts, testing beliefs, and trying small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also uses mindfulness-based methods to teach simple attention and breathing practices. These exercises aim to lessen emotional reactivity, improve focus, and support better sleep and concentration. When past events cause ongoing distress, trauma-focused work helps identify how those memories affect current responses and builds tools for feeling safer in everyday life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process, and she works collaboratively to find what fits each person. Sessions begin with an assessment of history, symptoms, and goals, and the approach is adjusted as needs and preferences become clearer.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions work well for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief exchanges and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work consistently over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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