About Shaakira
Shaakira McMillon is a licensed clinical social worker in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and problems with self-esteem. She also supports people facing caregiving strain, addiction concerns, intimacy or family conflicts, and life transitions. Shaakira uses straightforward conversation and practical steps to help clients set and meet goals.
She favors a client-centered style that focuses on each person’s priorities. Shaakira blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Motivational Interviewing to break down unhelpful thinking and build motivation for change.
How Shaakira works
She also draws on mindfulness and narrative techniques to help people notice patterns and tell clearer stories about themselves. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to what each person needs. Shaakira listens for strengths and helps translate them into small, doable actions.
She often uses short exercises and real-life experiments between sessions to test what works. With seven years of experience as an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Shaakira brings practical clinical experience in community and clinical settings. She works with concerns across adulthood, including caregiving stress, aging-related issues, chronic illness, and bereavement.
Shaakira offers sessions in English and provides care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. People begin by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a session based on therapist availability. The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time.
Shaakira lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Shaakira works with
The areas below are the ones Shaakira selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How her approaches work online
Shaakira commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when working remotely. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on what matters most to the person and encourages the therapist to reflect and clarify so goals become clearer. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and uses simple experiments to test new ways of thinking and behaving.She also integrates Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice moment-to-moment experience and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness exercises can help with anxiety, stress, and coping with chronic illness or caregiving demands by training attention and calmness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shaakira will discuss options and tailor methods based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. This is a collaborative process and she will adjust the plan as progress and feedback indicate what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let people read facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions work well when lower bandwidth is needed or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging can support brief check-ins, shorter coaching-style moments, or ongoing accountability between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules.
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