About Lakira
Lakira Williams offers calm, practical help for parents and individuals feeling overwhelmed. She speaks plainly and listens closely to what matters to each person. Her aim is to make therapy feel doable, not intimidating, so busy families and people juggling many pressures can take steady steps forward.
She brings 12 years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, with training from Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work and an undergraduate degree in psychology.
How Lakira works
Early in her career she worked with youth in foster care, foster parents, and birth parents working toward reunification. That experience shaped how she sees family and parenting struggles up close. Her practice supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, ADHD, grief, relationship problems, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions.
She also helps with issues such as attachment, adoption and foster care, communication difficulties, fatherhood issues, codependency, and body image. Lakira uses a mix of approaches to fit each person. She draws on client-centered methods to build trust, cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thoughts and habits, and motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment to change.
She also brings narrative and psychodynamic ideas when helpful. Sessions aim to be warm and interactive. She works to treat people with respect and cultural sensitivity while tailoring conversation and goals to what each person needs.
If someone is ready to make changes, she focuses on practical tools and steady support to help them reach those goals.
Lakira lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Lakira works with
The areas below are the ones Lakira selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take steps that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and major life changes. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so people can explore concerns at their own pace; it helps with self-esteem, grief, and relationship worries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them, which often helps with depression, anxiety, and coping skills.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about current struggles, goals, and what methods feel most comfortable. Together they will try approaches, adjust the plan, and pick exercises that fit the client’s pace and daily life.
Online sessions can be done by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match a person’s routine. Video works well for face-to-face conversation, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging allow short check-ins or work between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or parenting schedules and make ongoing care more flexible.
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