- Client-centered care
- Focus on trauma
- Skill-based tools
About Lakisha
Dr. Lakisha Ellison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage anxiety, trauma, relationship and parenting concerns, and stress from life changes. She supports clients facing sexual trauma, issues related to Bipolar and ADHD, and those coping with natural or human-caused disaster. She also offers care for LGBTQ people and those processing identity, race, and sexuality together.
Dr. Ellison brings 15 years of clinical experience in North Carolina. She began her social work career in 2005 working with children and families across many backgrounds. That experience included addressing grief, attachment concerns, domestic violence, substance misuse, and adjustment after loss or abuse.
Her style is client-centered, down-to-earth, and engaging. She uses conversational work, practical tools, and humor to help people make changes. She often integrates cognitive behavioral techniques to teach skills that clients can use between sessions.
She also draws on attachment-based ideas and emotionally focused approaches to help people understand relationship patterns. She may combine elements from dialectical behavior therapy and other brief, solution-oriented methods as useful. As a social worker, she keeps the client’s environment and strengths in view.
Dr. Ellison aims to help people become more authentic and empowered. She frames therapy as a collaborative process that requires courage and effort. To begin, she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to availability.
How certain approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions using this approach help people notice how they relate to others and try new ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own goals and pace. In virtual sessions this looks like listening, reflecting, and collaborating on next steps that feel useful for daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, needs, and preferences and suggest which methods to try. That helps tailor sessions so the chosen approach fits how a person wants to change and grow.
Please confirm which session formats are available before booking since formats are not listed in the profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins that match a person’s routine. It can also make some skill practice and between-session work simpler to carry out in everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Credentials
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting concerns, Bipolar and ADHD, and stress from life changes. She also supports LGBT issues and people coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centered, down-to-earth, and engaging. She uses conversation, practical skills, and occasional humor to help people make progress.
What experience does she bring?
She has 15 years of clinical experience and began social work practice in 2005 working with children and families across diverse backgrounds.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with the credential LCSW and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as session formats are not specified in the profile.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.