About Shavondria
Shavondria "Vonda" Jacobs is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and big life changes. She offers a calm, direct presence and aims to make therapy feel approachable and practical for everyday life. Vonda keeps sessions interactive and focused on what matters most to each person.
She listens closely to immediate concerns and works with clients to set clear, manageable goals. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental while staying goal-oriented and solution-minded.
Background and approach
She uses a mix of approaches to match a person's needs, including acceptance and commitment ideas and cognitive behavioral strategies. EMDR is also part of her toolbox for people who have trauma or strong emotional reactions tied to past events. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques help when a client wants to build momentum and try new behaviors.
Vonda brings six years of clinical experience as a social worker to her practice and has supported people through grief, caregiver stress, cancer-related challenges, postpartum depression, and post-traumatic stress. She works with multicultural concerns and issues veterans may face, and she addresses midlife and life-purpose questions as well. Sessions are offered in English from her Oklahoma practice.
Vonda aims to tailor sessions to each person and to help them find small, practical steps toward feeling better.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that reflect their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and finding direction during life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and practicing concrete skills to change them, which is helpful for depression and anxiety. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) offers a way to process strong emotional memories linked to trauma by combining focused recall with guided attention techniques; it is often used when past events continue to cause distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. From that conversation, she will recommend strategies and adapt sessions so the plan fits the person and their pace.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts in writing and follow up between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent and flexible around work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Oklahoma, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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