About J'Kea
Dr. J'Kea Starks helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or changes in life. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with six years of practice in Mississippi.
Dr. Starks aims to make it easier to talk about hard things and to take small steps toward feeling better. She builds a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can share thoughts and feelings openly.
Sessions focus on understanding what matters most to the person and on practical steps that fit daily life.
How J'Kea works
She supports people dealing with grief, low self-esteem, anger, and compassion fatigue, and with concerns related to addiction or trauma. Her work includes helping with family and communication problems, parenting stress, and challenges tied to ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. She also addresses feelings of emptiness, isolation, guilt, and shame.
When safety concerns like self-harm or sexual assault are present, she attends to immediate needs and planning. Dr. Starks uses straightforward approaches to change unhelpful thoughts and habits, to build motivation, and to tell the client’s story in a new way.
She draws on mindfulness tools to help manage strong emotions and reduce reactivity. Together with each person she sets clear, achievable goals and checks progress over time. Sessions are offered in English and provided via video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
People interested in starting begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a session that fits their timing.
J'Kea lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What J'Kea works with
The areas below are the ones J'Kea selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
Online approaches for everyday challenges
Dr. Starks often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening without judgment and helping people discover what they value most. This approach helps people clarify goals and make choices that match their needs. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up day to day. Then she and the client pick or blend methods and check in regularly to see what is helping and what should change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit busy lives. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations and skill practice, phone can be easier with limited bandwidth, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets people send notes or prompts between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and reduce travel time while keeping focus on practical progress.
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