Shakira Thomas , LPC

Shakira Thomas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee. She brings seven years of counseling experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, anger, and depression. She centers work on each person's strengths and respects that people know their own stories best.

Shakira listens first and helps clients name what matters most. Sessions focus on clear steps and practical tools that can be used between meetings. She encourages small, doable changes that reduce overwhelm and build confidence over time.

Her approach adapts to what a person needs in the moment. She uses client-centered work to follow the client's lead and create a safe space for honest talk. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors in everyday life.

Shakira also draws on mindfulness skills to bring attention back to the present and reduce reactivity. Motivational Interviewing is used when people feel stuck and want to find their internal reasons for change. Existential ideas come into play when clients are weighing values, meaning, or life direction.

People often come with overlapping concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, or family of origin wounds. Shakira helps untangle these threads and create focused goals to move forward. Work is collaborative and paced to each person's readiness.

Therapeutic approaches you can try online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the client. The therapist creates a space where the person describes their goals and decides the pace of change, which helps with relationship issues, grief, and feelings of emptiness.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns, try different responses, and reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in everyday situations.

Mindfulness-based practices teach simple attention skills to lower reactivity and improve calm. These techniques are useful for stress, anger management, and strengthening awareness in relationships.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. Decisions about techniques are made together and adjusted based on how well they help.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more practical. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving, and other obligations while keeping the focus on achievable change.