Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Lakira works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, New York, Washington
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lakira
Lakira Williams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of practice experience. She works with people facing anger, anxiety, depression, stress, and parenting challenges. Her tone is warm and direct, aimed at helping someone who feels stuck find clearer next steps.
She began her work supporting youth in foster care, foster parents, and birth parents working toward reunification. That early experience shaped how she talks about attachment, abandonment, and family conflict.
Background and approach
She has also counseled young mothers, people struggling with addiction, and teens with behavioral concerns. Lakira uses plain conversation and practical tools in sessions. She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT, Client-Centered Therapy, and elements of psychodynamic thinking to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors.
Motivational Interviewing and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas also appear when they fit the situation. Sessions focus on real-life problems like coping with grief, managing impulses, handling relationship stress, or improving self-esteem. She helps people break big problems into manageable steps and practice those steps between meetings.
The aim is to build skills people can use outside of therapy. She values respect, cultural awareness, and sensitivity in every session. Lakira tailors the plan to each person's needs and encourages collaboration on goals.
If someone is ready to make a change, she offers steady support and practical strategies to move forward.
What Lakira works with
Everything Lakira lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Lakira's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lakira lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- 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.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT - helps people name values and take small actions toward them despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for anxiety, anger, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors. It often helps with depression, anxiety, anger management, and impulse control. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist follows the client’s lead to build insight and confidence.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Lakira will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. She treats the process as collaborative and checks in regularly to make sure the approach matches the client’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone meetings, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work. Live chat or text can be a shorter check-in or a way to work on skills without being on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep work moving between sessions.
Questions people ask about Lakira
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a wide range of issues including anger, anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, parenting challenges, relationship and family problems, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, and trauma and abuse.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her sessions are warm and interactive with a focus on practical steps. She blends conversational support with exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working in settings that included foster care, addiction support, and youth services.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and practices from North Carolina with previous ties to New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin work with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.