About Shakiya
Shakiya Harrison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Virginia. She brings ten years of practice to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety among other concerns. Shakiya works with people facing depression, bipolar disorder, substance issues, and trauma.
She also supports those dealing with grief, relationship strain, and challenges tied to chronic illness. Her approach is practical and goal-oriented so people can see small changes that add up.
Background and approach
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and make values-based choices. Client-centered techniques guide conversations so people feel heard while they set goals. Motivational Interviewing supports commitment when change feels difficult.
Sessions may include skill building for sleep, coping with life transitions, managing anger, or reducing addictive behaviors. She also addresses concerns like self-esteem, ADHD, and issues tied to gender and sexual identity. The work blends talking, practical exercises, and simple homework to practice between meetings.
Shakiya draws on experience with serious medical and end-of-life challenges as well as mental health conditions. That background shapes a calm, steady style suited to crisis moments and gradual recovery. She welcomes international clients and offers video, phone, chat, or text-based sessions to fit different schedules.
To get started, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time. Sessions operate on a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Shakiya commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical experiments to change behavior and mood, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and addictive behaviors. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed actions even when uncomfortable feelings show up, which is useful for stress, chronic illness, and coping with life changes.She also draws from client-centered and motivational interviewing approaches to keep the work collaborative. Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences and will adjust over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and shared exercises, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, brief live chat can fit quick check-ins, and ongoing text messaging supports people who prefer written check-ins or need support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue care across locations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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