About Lakisha
Lakisha Boykin is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, family tension, career challenges, and compassion fatigue. Her tone in sessions is warm and supportive, aimed at helping people feel heard and understood.
She uses straightforward, practical talk to help people manage thoughts and feelings. Lakisha leans on client-centered techniques that keep the person’s experience in focus.
How Lakisha works
She also uses cognitive behavioral work to spot unhelpful thought patterns and build healthier habits. Her background includes six years of direct clinical practice and time working in community mental health settings. Over recent years she provided clinical assessments at a behavioral health walk-in clinic and coordinated care with psychiatrists and primary care providers when helpful.
Lakisha describes her style as compassionate, receptive, and encouraging. She helps people set realistic goals and take manageable steps toward change. Sessions typically combine listening, problem-solving, and skills practice tailored to each person’s needs.
People contact her when life transitions, loss, work strain, or relationship concerns feel overwhelming. She supports practical coping strategies for financial stress, divorce and separation, postpartum depression, caregiver strain, and recovery after natural or human-caused disasters. Her aim is to help people regain balance and move toward the life they want.
Lakisha lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Lakisha works with
The areas below are the ones Lakisha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
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Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How her approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experience. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people decide what matters most to them. It’s useful when someone needs space to sort feelings and make clear choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. Sessions involve simple exercises and homework to build new habits for anxiety, low mood, or stress-related problems.
Motivational Interviewing supports change by exploring a person’s readiness and reasons for change. It is helpful when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps and wants to find their own motivation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lakisha collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. She adjusts strategies as progress is made so therapy stays relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is good for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options let people fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or busy days while keeping treatment focused and consistent.
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