Shakita Stewart

Shakita Stewart is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 18 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. She also supports clients working on self-esteem and motivation as they face life transitions.

Her approach is straightforward and person-centered. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. She listens for practical goals and helps people set small, achievable steps toward them.

Shakita uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques to address thinking patterns and create immediate coping strategies. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone is stuck or unsure about change, and Trauma-Focused Therapy informs work with past painful experiences.

In therapy she focuses on clear communication and collaboration. People can expect to talk through concerns, try skills in session, and plan ways to practice them between meetings. She pays attention to life context, including work and family pressures, when shaping a plan.

She works with concerns related to abandonment, attachment issues, communication problems, divorce and separation, impulsivity, life purpose, money and financial stress, mood and panic, pregnancy and childbirth, and social anxiety. Shakita encourages honest questions about goals and whether a particular method feels like a good fit.

To begin, prospective clients choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Shakita commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to help people manage current problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or panic. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to build readiness for change by exploring personal values and gentle goal-setting.

Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day constraints, and then adapt methods so they fit. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan based on feedback.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Many people find remote sessions easier to fit into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Online work can make it simpler to practice skills between sessions and to bring real-life examples into conversation, helping therapy fit into everyday life without promising a specific service format.