About Shaakira
Shaakira McMillon is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and challenges with self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with addictions, caregiver strain, intimacy and family concerns, and major life changes. Shaakira offers straightforward, practical help so people can find ways to cope day to day.
Shaakira brings seven years of social work experience to her sessions. She listens first and works with each person to set clear, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, such as managing strong emotions, improving communication, or pacing recovery from burnout. Her approach mixes client-centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness practices. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people explore change and narrative techniques to reframe difficult stories.
These methods are chosen to match each person’s needs and preferences. Shaakira practices in California and holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit many schedules.
Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability. The process is collaborative and paced to fit individual goals and life demands.
Practical approaches for online therapy and change
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens without judgment and helps people set goals that feel meaningful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns and manage anxiety or depression.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide whether to emphasize skill work, mindfulness practice, motivational conversation, or story-focused techniques based on what will suit the situation.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging work for quick check-ins, shorter exchanges, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options help people keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, and other demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English