About Lakisha
Lakisha (Kennedy) Hudson uses a client-centered approach to guide people through stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and parenting concerns. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with ten years of clinical experience. Lakisha brings a calm, direct style to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices. That means she listens closely, then helps people notice thought patterns, try small behavior changes, and practice skills that lower intense emotions.
How Lakisha works
Dialectical behavior ideas are also part of her toolbox for managing strong feelings and impulsivity. Her background includes work in community organizations, schools, correctional facilities, and independent practice. Those experiences shaped how she supports people from different walks of life and with varied life stressors.
She recently added a Florida LMHC credential while maintaining her South Carolina LPC. Lakisha addresses a wide range of concerns including self-esteem, coping with life changes, intimacy-related issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and grief. She also focuses on attachment and abandonment wounds, blended family challenges, communication problems, and cultural or veteran-related issues.
Sessions mix empathy with straightforward skill-building. People can expect collaborative goal-setting, short-term strategies for coping, and ongoing work on long-term patterns. She offers phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Lakisha lists 9 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
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people set their own goals. In practice this means the therapist reflects concerns back, validates feelings, and helps a person choose steps that feel doable. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior; it teaches simple exercises to challenge unhelpful thoughts and try new actions, which can reduce anxiety and depression. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness; it is useful when strong emotions and impulsivity interfere with daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, current difficulties, and preferences, then suggest approaches to try. Decisions are collaborative and can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people have a session that feels similar to in-person meetings, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide flexible ways to keep progress moving between longer sessions and to record thoughts or practice skills in the moment. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied daily routines.
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