About Daja
Daja Isom is a Washington-licensed mental health counselor with five years of professional experience. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship troubles, and depression. Daja aims to make the first step toward change feel easier and less overwhelming.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can speak openly about their thoughts and feelings. Sessions are practical and straightforward. Daja listens first, then helps people set small, achievable goals to build confidence and momentum.
How Daja works
Her work also addresses life transitions and specific concerns such as aging and geriatric issues, body image, and workplace stress. She supports people who face prejudice, multicultural challenges, or isolation and loneliness. Daja also helps those coping with divorce, commitment questions, or past sexual assault and abuse.
Daja uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person. She draws on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for trauma-related memories, mindfulness tools to manage anxiety and stress, and solution-focused strategies to identify quick, realistic changes. Treatment plans are shaped around the person’s goals and pace.
People who want practical steps, clearer communication skills, and relief from persistent worry often find her approach useful. She works in English and provides online session formats to fit different needs. The aim is steady progress that feels manageable day to day.
Daja lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Daja works with
The areas below are the ones Daja selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
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Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Therapeutic approaches and online support
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, helps reduce the intensity of distressing memories by guiding attention while the memory is processed; it can be useful for people who have trauma-related reactions or strong, intrusive memories. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept up in them; this is often helpful for anxiety and day-to-day stress. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying small, practical changes that move a person toward their goals rather than spending long periods on the past.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist discusses goals, preferences, and comfort with each method and adjusts the plan over time. Clients and the therapist check in regularly to make sure the work feels useful and to try different strategies as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging formats make brief check-ins or ongoing notes possible between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work breaks, childcare routines, or busy days while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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