Shakira Thomas is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Tennessee.
01About Shakira
Shakira Thomas is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Tennessee. She brings seven years of counseling experience to sessions and focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, anger, and depression. She uses a calm, respectful approach that centers on each person's strengths.
Shakira treats clients as the experts on their own lives and works with them to identify goals and next steps. She emphasizes practical skills people can use between sessions.
Background and approach
In sessions she draws on client-centered methods to listen deeply and help clients feel heard. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Mindfulness practices are introduced when they help reduce reactivity and bring attention back to the present moment.
Shakira pays attention to how early relationships and attachment patterns shape current difficulties. She addresses issues like abandonment, communication problems, codependency, and family of origin concerns in straightforward ways that focus on daily life and coping. Work on forgiveness, fatherhood issues, or body image is paced to each person’s comfort.
Her style is collaborative and practical. Sessions often include goal-setting, skill practice, and reflections on progress. People who want clear tools and a respectful, strength-focused guide may find her approach useful.
02Credentials
- LPC (Tennessee)
- License 3841 · expires March 2028
- NPI
- 1174965024 · national provider identifier
Both are public records. A state board register will confirm a license and its standing, and the national registry will confirm an NPI. This directory copies what the counselor lists and checks neither.
03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shakira lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Shakira names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
These are the methods Shakira names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
04Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Shakira often blends client-centered listening with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to make online work practical and focused. Client-centered Therapy emphasizes listening and understanding each person’s perspective, which helps people feel heard and shape goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and offers concrete steps to change unhelpful patterns and build new behaviors.She treats choice of approach as a collaborative process. Early sessions are used to learn about a person's goals, preferences, and daily routines. Together the therapist and client decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress and needs change.
Online formats offer flexibility for fitting therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging can support shorter updates and ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and practice skills when life gets busy.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, anger, and depression, plus related issues like abandonment, attachment, and communication problems.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered, focusing on strengths and practical steps. Sessions typically include goal-setting and skill practice.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional counseling experience working with the concerns listed above.
What credentials and region apply?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in Tennessee.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
More counselors in Tennessee
See all
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family and 7 more
Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem and 6 more
Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Parenting and 12 more
Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Grief and 2 more
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.