Lakira Williams , LCSW

Lakira Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting strains, and women’s issues. She offers a calm, respectful presence and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her approach is warm and interactive, which many people find useful when they feel stuck or overwhelmed.

She began her career working with youth in foster care, foster parents, and birth parents as they worked toward reunification. That early work shaped her interest in attachment, adoption and foster care, and fatherhood issues. Over time she also supported young mothers, people struggling with addiction, and teens with behavioral challenges.

Lakira uses a mix of approaches so she can meet different needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. She uses client-centered work to create a respectful space where people guide the pace. Narrative and psychodynamic ideas help surface patterns that repeat across relationships and life stages.

She regularly addresses trauma and abuse, depression, grief, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include abandonment, body image, codependency, communication problems, and HIV/AIDS related concerns. She also supports people facing career stress, relationship difficulties, and ADHD-related challenges.

Lakira holds a Master of Social Work from Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Virginia State University. She practices in North Carolina and conducts sessions in English. If someone is ready to begin, she works with them to set clear goals and practical steps toward change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that match those values. It can help people who feel stuck by shifting the focus from avoiding difficult feelings to building a life that matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, listening stance where the client leads the work and the therapist responds with empathy to support self-directed change.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lakira collaborates with each person to figure out which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts methods over time so sessions focus on what is most helpful for the client in their current situation.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick updates, reflective writing, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep consistent progress without long travel times.