Shakiya Harrison, LCSW

Shakiya Harrison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Virginia. She brings a practical, compassionate style to sessions and focuses on relationship concerns alongside mood, stress, and addiction issues. Her approach centers on listening first and helping people set clear, manageable goals. With ten years of experience, Shakiya has worked with people facing depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, trauma, and substance use challenges. She has significant experience supporting those coping with life-sustaining medical conditions and end-of-life issues. She draws on a mix of therapies to match each person's needs. In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered principles to focus on values, acceptance, and a collaborative relationship. Motivational Interviewing and Mindfulness Therapy are part of her toolkit when people need help finding motivation or calming attention. Shakiya aims to make therapy straightforward and useful. She works with people on practical skills for managing sleep, eating, parenting stress, anger, and work-life strain. She also helps with concerns such as ADHD symptoms, grief, communication problems, and codependency. Her style is flexible and respectful. She invites clients to set the pace, name goals, and try techniques that fit their daily life. The focus is on steady progress rather than quick fixes.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Shakiya uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thinking patterns and try small behavior changes that can make daily life easier. CBT often focuses on practical steps like changing routines, testing unhelpful thoughts, and building new habits that reduce anxiety or low mood.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify their values and take actions that matter to them even when difficult feelings are present. This approach can help with relationship strain, grief, chronic stress, and motivation concerns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which strategies to try and adjust them over time based on what feels helpful.

Practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy week and using shorter check-ins when needed. The original biography lists chat, email, phone, and virtual sessions, so confirm which of these formats are currently offered before scheduling. Online work can make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, medical needs, or travel.