About Shandrieka
Shandrieka Vallare helps people who struggle with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, anger, self-esteem, career questions, ADHD, and major life changes. She introduces simple steps people can use right away. Her approach aims to make daily life easier and more manageable.
Shandrieka is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, with 17 years of experience. She trained at Southern University at New Orleans and holds licenses in Texas and Louisiana.
Background and approach
Her background includes inpatient and community-based work across many age groups, including geriatric care. In sessions she listens closely and helps people notice patterns that cause pain. She uses practical tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Mindfulness and acceptance work help people stay grounded when emotions run high. She also draws on emotion-focused and client-centered methods to support clearer communication and stronger connections. Sessions focus on concrete skills - problem solving, communication practice, or short exercises to calm the body and mind.
Her style is straightforward and warm. She encourages small experiments between sessions so people can test what helps. Outside work she values simple self-care like meditation, music, and time with loved ones.
This everyday perspective informs how she guides people through meaningful change.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them, and to take small steps toward what matters. It can help with anxiety, stress, and major life changes. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a nonjudgmental space where people can find their own answers and build self-trust. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and everyday life. Treatment can change over time as goals evolve and new challenges appear.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can suit people with limited bandwidth, and messaging or live chat work well for quick check-ins or when writing helps process thoughts. These options make it easier to fit care into busy schedules, manage appointments from different locations within Texas, and try formats that match personal rhythms.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Louisiana
- Languages
- English