Works with
- Anger
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Kaniecia works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kaniecia
Kaniecia Mixon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who uses a warm, straightforward style to support people facing strong emotions. She writes and talks plainly with clients and focuses on practical skills. Her approach is calm and collaborative.
Many come to her for help with anger, stress, anxiety, and changes in family life. She has 15 years of experience working in California settings that include crisis stabilization and behavioral support.
Background and approach
That experience includes helping people who have experienced trauma such as physical, sexual, or emotional abuse. She has also worked with parenting challenges, ADHD, mood concerns, grief, and eating and body image issues. In sessions she leans on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
She tailors conversations and exercises to what each person needs. Expect concrete tools - coping skills, communication practice, and steps to manage strong feelings. Her background includes direct work with children and young people and supervising clinicians who provide behavioral services.
That background informs how she coaches parents, supports caregivers, and helps people manage family problems and blended family issues. She often uses art, creativity, and play when it fits the work. Kaniecia aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space.
She helps people set clear goals, try small changes, and build routines that make daily life easier. Her practice focuses on steady progress rather than quick fixes.
What Kaniecia works with
Everything Kaniecia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kaniecia's practice.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Kaniecia lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they say, and helps them find their own solutions; this approach suits people who need a nonjudgmental space to sort feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful thinking and reduce distress, which can be useful for anger, anxiety, and mood concerns.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches specific skills for tolerating intense emotions and improving relationships. It includes distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness tools that help with anger and repeated conflict.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video suits in-depth conversations and skill teaching, phone can fit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth needs, and live chat or messaging lets people write out thoughts between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.
Questions people ask about Kaniecia
What concerns does she help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including anger, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anxiety, depression, grief, eating and body image issues, ADHD, and relationship challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, authentic, and collaborative. She uses practical tools from client-centered work, CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help people manage strong emotions and build skills.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 15 years of experience in California, including crisis stabilization, behavioral support, and supervising clinical staff. She has supported people who experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in California.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.