Dr. Lashanda Baylor , LPC

Dr. Lashanda Baylor is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi with 23 years of clinical experience. She brings a practical, goal-focused approach to sessions and aims to help people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. Her manner is straightforward and respectful, and she works to make each conversation useful from the start.

She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thinking and try new patterns that reduce stress and anxiety. She also uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how relationships and early experiences shape current reactions. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person’s situation.

Dr. Baylor works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, ADHD, and issues related to addictions and impulsivity. She also supports people coping with grief, trauma, eating concerns, self-harm, parenting stress, and challenges with self-esteem. Women’s issues are a stated focus area in her practice.

Her style blends practical skill-building with supportive listening. People can expect concrete tools they can use between sessions alongside time to talk through difficult feelings. Dr. Baylor aims to help people set clear goals and take manageable steps toward them.

Therapy can be arranged by choosing a session format that fits daily life, whether that is a video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging. She explains options and helps new clients get started with a short intake and scheduling process.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work pays attention to how early relationships shape current emotional patterns and responses. Online sessions can be used to identify those patterns, practice different ways of relating, and rehearse new behaviors in day-to-day life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to change moods and reactions. In remote sessions CBT tools like thought records, behavioral experiments, and skills practice can be assigned between meetings and reviewed together. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills useful for impulsivity and mood instability. Therapists can teach and coach these skills in sessions and follow up through messaging or brief check-ins.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as needs change, and treatment plans are adjusted together.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and practice conversations in real time. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let clients check in, get brief coaching, or do shorter check-ins between longer sessions. These options help make regular work toward goals more accessible within a busy life.