About Lekeisha
Lekeisha Newbold is a licensed professional counselor who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and parenting challenges. She addresses ADHD, trauma and abuse, and life transitions with a practical, strengths-based focus. Her approach is warm and direct, aimed at helping parents and individuals find workable steps forward.
Newbold draws on five years as a mental health clinician in Michigan. She spent two years providing home-based care for children with severe emotional disturbances and their caregivers.
How Lekeisha works
She also has over a decade of experience supporting women through prenatal and postnatal transitions. These roles shaped her skill in listening, coaching, and making treatment fit everyday life. In sessions she centers the person first.
Conversations focus on current struggles and what is already working. She helps people identify strengths, set small goals, and practice skills between meetings. The tone tends to be collaborative and goal-oriented rather than purely academic.
She blends client-centered principles with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused methods. Motivational interviewing is used when change feels stalled. This mix supports people who want clear strategies and encouragement to try new ways of coping.
Newbold offers both clinical counseling and counseling informed by Christian perspectives when clients prefer that viewpoint. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where feelings and values can be discussed honestly. The first steps are simple: say what’s most pressing, set one or two goals, and try one small change between sessions.
Lekeisha lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Lekeisha works with
The areas below are the ones Lekeisha selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How approaches shape online counseling
Client-centered therapy puts the person's experience first. The therapist listens closely, reflects concerns, and helps clients name their values and goals. This approach is useful for people who need an empathetic space to sort out feelings and priorities.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It gives clear tools for anxiety, depression, and problems like low self-esteem or impulsivity. Clients often practice short exercises between sessions to change patterns over time.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit your goals, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to continue or change as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a check-in fits a work break. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter, more frequent check-ins and written reflections that some people find helpful. These options help weave therapy into a busy life while keeping a consistent course of care.
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