About Shanika
Shanika Katara Jones is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with seven years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship worries, low self-esteem, and the strain of life changes. She aims to make the first step easier and offers steady support along the way.
In sessions she builds an open space for honest talk without judgment. Conversations focus on understanding what matters most and finding practical ways to cope.
How Shanika works
She listens to each person's story and highlights strengths that can be used to move forward. Her work draws on a mix of approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful options.
Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to calm the body and slow racing thoughts. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the person's goals at the center of every step. Shanika also brings experience with attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, communication problems, and family of origin struggles.
She supports people facing substance use issues, domestic violence effects, trauma, and multicultural stressors. She adapts sessions to address midlife concerns, life purpose questions, and mood challenges. Sessions are offered in English and take place online in formats that suit different needs.
Shanika helps people weigh their options and choose approaches that fit their goals and daily life. The focus is on clear, workable steps toward more balance and confidence.
Shanika lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Shanika works with
The areas below are the ones Shanika selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Shanika’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s goals at the center of sessions and focuses on empathetic listening to help people clarify what they want to change. This approach is useful when someone needs a steady space to sort out feelings and priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses clear exercises and homework to challenge unhelpful thinking and build better coping skills, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact. When appropriate, it can help people who are coping with post-traumatic stress or lingering trauma-related reactions.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Shanika will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She adjusts her plan as treatment progresses so sessions stay relevant and effective.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for full conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, quick problem-solving, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people fit therapy into busy lives.
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