About Shadae
Shadae Cardoza is a licensed social worker who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, career challenges, and family concerns. She uses a straightforward, person-centered approach that centers each person’s strengths and goals. Shadae presents herself as a supportive guide while clients take the steps they choose toward change.
Shadae holds a District of Columbia LICSW and a Virginia LCSW and brings eight years of professional experience to her work.
Background and approach
She emphasizes that clients are the experts on their own stories and that therapy is a collaborative effort. Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer communication, and building confidence over time. Her practice often addresses issues around self esteem, motivation, and workplace stress.
She also helps people who are coping with life changes such as pregnancy and childbirth, or who are sorting through questions about money, life purpose, and sexuality. She aims to turn worries into manageable plans and small, measurable progress. Shadae listens for patterns tied to attachment and abandonment and helps people reshape how they relate to others.
She works on communication skills and emotional awareness so relationships feel less triggering and more connected. The goal is steadier reactions and better outcomes in everyday life. Therapy with Shadae blends real conversation and simple exercises.
She supports practical tools for managing anxiety and stress, and helps clients practice new behaviors between sessions. Her style is calm, direct, and focused on what the person wants to change next.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Shadae uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building skills and insight. One approach emphasizes identifying patterns in thoughts and feelings to reduce anxiety and improve coping. This helps people notice unhelpful thinking and practice different responses that ease stress.Another common focus is attachment-informed work that examines how past relationships shape current reactions. This approach supports clearer communication and steadier emotional responses in close relationships. It can help people manage fears of abandonment and improve trust in connections.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust as progress is seen. Sessions include checking in on what helps and what needs to change so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face-to-face from different locations, phone sessions require less bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These formats make it easier to schedule sessions around work, childcare, or other commitments and to use therapy in ways that fit daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- District of Columbia, Virginia
- Languages
- English