About Shanique
Shanique Slowley-Azeez is a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports people working through low self-esteem, parenting strain, grief, career stress, bipolar challenges, ADHD-related struggles, and compassion fatigue. Shanique writes short, practical plans and talks through next steps with each client.
Her approach is straightforward and respectful. Sessions focus on clear goals and manageable skills.
How Shanique works
She adapts the conversation to fit each person's situation rather than following a one-size-fits-all script. Shanique uses tools from client-centered therapy to keep the focus on the person's priorities and strengths. She brings in cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also appear in her work to build awareness and to boost the motivation to change. Together these methods help with panic, post-traumatic stress, impulsivity, and communication problems.
Sessions often include practice tasks between meetings to build momentum. People can expect a collaborative, down-to-earth style that balances listening with practical exercises. Shanique frames change as a step-by-step process and supports each person as they try new ways of coping and relating.
Shanique lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Shanique works with
The areas below are the ones Shanique selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Shanique draws on client-centered therapy to keep the conversation focused on what matters most to the person. This approach centers on listening, reflecting, and identifying strengths so goals come from the client's priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to spot patterns of thought and behavior that add to anxiety or depression and to teach practical steps for change. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shanique will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then shape the plan together. That collaborative process helps pick the mix of strategies that fits best for emotion regulation, trauma recovery, or improving relationships. Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill demonstration, phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching and brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep consistent progress.Start online instead of waiting
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