About Maisa
Maisa Shelmire is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Louisiana. She offers straightforward, compassionate care for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship or family concerns. Her style is down-to-earth and focused on practical steps that fit everyday life.
With 19 years of professional experience, she brings experience from clinical psychotherapy, crisis intervention, and behavioral health roles. Her background includes work with trauma, anger, grief, and parenting strain, and she has supported people managing bipolar disorder and ADHD alongside other challenges.
Background and approach
She draws on a mix of evidence-based approaches. That helps her adapt sessions to what each person needs, whether the focus is on coping skills, emotional understanding, or clearer communication. Sessions emphasize real-world tools and honest conversation.
Maisa also has a long military background, having served over two decades in the Louisiana Army National Guard as a Behavioral Health Officer. That experience informs how she thinks about stress, first responder issues, and the impact of service on mental health. People who work with her can expect personalized care that targets specific goals.
She supports work on attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family and fatherhood issues, codependency, and common life transitions. The aim is steady progress through clear, manageable steps.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychodynamic-informed work are often used to guide sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and building new coping skills to manage anxiety, anger, or depression. Psychodynamic-informed work looks at patterns from relationships and family of origin to help people understand recurring feelings and behavior.Maisa also uses motivational interviewing techniques to help people find their own reasons for change and build motivation step by step. That approach is useful for career shifts, parenting goals, or changes in health and daily routines.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging support quick check-ins, ongoing coaching, or brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or busy schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English