About Shakiya
Shakiya Harrison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on practical, everyday steps people can use to feel better. She uses clear, straightforward conversations to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, substance issues, and life changes. Shakiya brings ten years of experience to her work in Virginia and accepts clients from other places as well.
She listens first and then helps build simple plans clients can try between sessions.
Background and approach
That might mean learning tools to reduce anxious moments, changing unhelpful thoughts, or setting small goals to support recovery from addiction or mood swings. She also supports people coping with grief, chronic illness, sleep problems, parenting strain, and identity concerns such as gender dysphoria. Her background combines clinical social work training with hands-on practice across medical and behavioral settings.
That experience shaped a practical style that mixes cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance and mindfulness strategies, and motivational interviewing to help people move forward. Sessions are focused on real problems and clear next steps rather than long theory talks. Shakiya works with people who want ongoing therapy or short-term problem solving.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Language of sessions is English, and she provides help to international clients when that fits scheduling and licensing. People who choose her usually want support that is direct, steady, and rooted in everyday life.
She aims to help clients build skills, restore calm, and get back to daily routines they value.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then pick actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. It is often used for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and addiction-related patterns.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs. Sessions start with small, practical steps and adjust based on what is working. You and the therapist decide together how to blend strategies like ACT, CBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
Online work offers flexible ways to get support. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for teaching skills and having focused talks. Phone sessions can make check-ins easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer no camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, tracking progress, or quick coping tips between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while using the approaches above.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English