About Malikah
Malikah Duncan is a licensed marriage and family therapist with two decades of clinical experience. She focuses on common struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, grief, and addiction. Malikah also helps people dealing with trauma and abuse, LGBTQ concerns, sleep and eating issues, bipolar challenges, and parenting strains.
Her style is warm and flexible. Sessions are conversational and practical. She aims to listen first, then help people find clear steps that fit their life.
How Malikah works
Malikah adapts approaches to match each person's goals and comfort level. Over 20 years she has worked in many settings including telehealth, independent practice, community mental health clinics, hospitals, military bases, detention centers, and schools. That range gives her experience with varied life situations and cultural backgrounds.
She has also supported people who experienced domestic violence and other traumatic events. Her work emphasizes skills people can use between sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Emotion-focused techniques help with connection and processing strong feelings. Mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas support coping with distress. Malikah holds a Washington LMFT license, which identifies her as a licensed marriage and family therapist in that state.
She conducts sessions in English and can discuss next steps for people curious about getting started with online therapy.
Malikah lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Malikah works with
The areas below are the ones Malikah 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
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapy styles meet online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and focus on actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is a skills-based approach that looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete strategies to shift unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, targets emotional connection and helps people understand and work through strong feelings that affect relationships and intimacy.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Malikah will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and will recommend methods together. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so they feel relevant and doable for the person's life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and do longer weekly sessions. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging can provide quick connection between meetings or an alternative to scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or parenting demands while using ACT, CBT, or EFT techniques in real time.
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