About Samiyra
Samiyra Shabazz-Dixon is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and low self-esteem. She emphasizes a straightforward, compassionate approach so people can speak openly about what is troubling them. Samiyra aims to make the first step feel manageable and acknowledges that reaching out takes courage.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address depression, mood concerns, and post-traumatic stress in clear, practical ways.
Background and approach
Sessions typically center on naming what is happening, understanding patterns, and trying small changes that can bring relief. Communication habits, forgiveness, and boundary setting are common topics when relationships are a concern. Samiyra also supports people coping with abandonment, attachment issues, caregiver strain, and the emotional fallout from divorce or separation.
She helps people talk through guilt, shame, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation. Money worries and questions about life purpose are explored with the same practical focus as mood and anxiety symptoms. Her work balances listening with concrete next steps.
That can mean practicing new ways to speak with others, learning calming techniques, or planning actions to improve daily routines. The aim is to leave sessions with something usable before the next meeting. Samiyra holds a Kentucky LCSW credential and has six years of professional experience.
Sessions are offered in English and are available through multiple online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Samiyra uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One common approach helps people identify and change unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior so anxiety and low mood feel less overwhelming. Another approach focuses on processing traumatic experiences in manageable steps so reactions and triggers can gradually reduce. Each method emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist and client will discuss goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities to decide which techniques to try. Adjustments are made along the way so the work stays relevant to each person's needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can work for quick check-ins or shorter exchanges. These options make it easier to meet around work, caregiving, or other commitments while keeping progress moving forward.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English