About LaShonda
LaShonda "Ann" Aycock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices in North Carolina. She brings ten years of experience helping people face stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and life changes. Ann aims to make sessions straightforward and practical so people can use what they learn right away.
She uses client-centered methods to listen and tailor each meeting to the person in front of her. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with clearer, more useful thinking.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques are woven in to build awareness and calm. Motivational Interviewing and solution-focused work help people find the next small steps forward. Ann supports a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, parenting stress, caregiving strain, body image, and identity questions related to LGBT issues.
She also addresses challenges such as codependency, communication problems, anger, career transitions, and coping after disaster or loss. Sessions focus on practical strategies and doable goals that fit each person’s life. Her style is collaborative and respectful.
She helps people set clear goals, practice new skills, and notice small changes that add up. Ann explains ideas in plain language and adapts approaches to match what works best for each person. People meet with Ann by video, phone, chat, or messaging, and scheduling follows the platform process.
Fees vary by location and use a cancelable subscription model. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step are used to match and plan the first session.
How Ann’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and adapting to each person. Online sessions use this approach by letting the therapist follow your pace, hear your concerns, and build goals that make sense for your life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change patterns. In virtual meetings CBT can include worksheets, short exercises between sessions, and step-by-step planning to test new habits. Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to the present moment and teaches simple practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress. These techniques work well in video or phone sessions and can be practiced during brief check-ins between meetings.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Ann will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That choice can shift over time as progress is made and priorities change.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or continued practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English