About Shakea
Shakea Roper is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 14 years of professional experience. She offers straightforward, compassionate support for people dealing with mood and anxiety problems and life transitions. Her background shapes a practical, honest style that aims to help clients find small, workable steps forward.
She approaches sessions with clear listening and direct feedback. Shakea draws on client-centered methods to follow each person's priorities. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and challenge unhelpful thought patterns.
How Shakea works
Dialectical behavior strategies appear in her work when clients need tools for managing strong emotions and building daily coping skills. Motivational interviewing helps when people are wrestling with addiction or mixed feelings about change. Solution-focused methods are used to set short-term goals and identify what already helps in a person’s life.
Shakea brings personal experience with parenting and life stress into her perspective, which informs her practical approach. She values honesty, compassion, and keeping conversations real. Sessions are intended to leave people with clarity and concrete actions to try between meetings.
Based in Missouri, she holds the licenses ND LCSW and KS LSCSW. Shakea works to match the methods she uses to each person’s needs, and she shifts course when an approach isn’t helping. The aim is steady progress through clear steps and ongoing collaboration.
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What Shakea works with
The areas below are the ones Shakea selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LSCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How these approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The therapist provides empathy and reflection so clients can name goals and decide next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot patterns in thoughts and behaviors and try practical experiments to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms. CBT often includes homework tasks and short exercises to practice between sessions.Shakea treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will discuss options and tailor techniques to each person’s goals and preferences. If one method isn’t working, she adjusts the plan so sessions remain useful and relevant to the issues at hand.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people send updates, try quick coping strategies, or get support between longer sessions. Together these formats make scheduling more flexible and let therapy fit into busy lives.
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