About Shakila
Shakila Foster is a New York licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with eight years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She welcomes conversations that start where you are and aims to make the first step feel less overwhelming. Her approach is calm and straightforward, focused on practical ways to feel steadier day to day.
She works with people facing grief and loss, and with those trying to rebuild confidence after difficult changes.
Background and approach
Compassion fatigue is a particular area she addresses, helping caregivers and professionals restore a sense of balance. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, fertility or pregnancy-related concerns, postpartum depression, and issues tied to life purpose and relationship wounds like infidelity and jealousy. In sessions she creates an open space for honest talk without judgment.
Conversations often include problem-focused strategies, coping skills for strong emotions, and attention to how daily routines affect mood. She tailors suggestions to each person’s situation rather than pushing a single method. Shakila draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and her clinical experience to guide practical next steps.
She helps people set short-term goals and build small routines that add up. Many clients find that steady, manageable changes lead to clearer thinking and more energy for life. Shakila offers sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She works in English and practices in New York. The process begins with a simple matching questionnaire to connect with her and schedule a session.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Shakila uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional coping. One common approach she uses involves building concrete coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breath work, grounding strategies, and step-by-step plans to manage triggers. These methods help people feel calmer and more able to act in difficult moments.She also emphasizes grief-focused support that combines space to tell your story with strategies for daily routines and remembrance practices. That combination aims to reduce overwhelm while honoring what was lost. When compassion fatigue is present, she works on restoring energy through self-care plans and clearer boundaries so people can continue important roles without burning out.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying methods, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than committing to one path from the start.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video calls are useful for longer therapy sessions and face-to-face connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or medical appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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