About LaShonda
LaShonda "Ann" Aycock is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who practices in North Carolina. She brings 10 years of clinical experience to helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. Ann focuses on clear, practical steps so clients can feel steadier and more capable.
She works in a calm, respectful way and listens carefully to each person's story. Ann uses approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered work to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build on their strengths.
How LaShonda works
She also draws on mindfulness and solution-focused techniques to create short-term goals and gentle routines that fit daily life. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or wants to change habits such as addictions or patterns of avoidance. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, eating struggles, parenting pressures, and career worries.
Ann also addresses ADHD, bipolar challenges, compassion fatigue, and caregiver stress. She supports people navigating adoption and foster care, blended family issues, divorce and separation, and recovery from domestic violence. Sessions are tailored to each person's needs and moved at a pace that feels right.
Ann aims to help people build skills they can use between sessions and to set concrete, achievable goals. Her style is collaborative and practical, focusing on what will make daily life better. To begin, clients describe their goals and Ann helps map out next steps.
The process is straightforward and oriented toward real change over time.
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What LaShonda works with
The areas below are the ones LaShonda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Approaches you can use online with a licensed therapist
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding your experience. The therapist follows your lead, reflects what you say, and helps you find your own solutions to problems like low self-esteem, grief, or relationship strain.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple practices to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without immediate reaction. This can reduce rumination, improve focus, and help with stress and compassion fatigue.
Finding the right mix of these approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to choose methods that match goals, needs, and what feels comfortable. Plans can be adjusted as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or you need a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter updates, goal tracking, or people who prefer writing over speaking. These formats provide flexibility in scheduling and let therapy continue across life changes.
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