Shakirah Ewell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with nine years of practice.
01About Shakirah
Shakirah Ewell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with nine years of practice. She focuses on helping people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She often works with concerns around parenting, self-esteem, career decisions, and attention challenges.
She helps clients who are navigating pregnancy, postpartum changes, and women’s health issues. Her background includes steady clinical experience across common everyday problems. She uses straightforward therapy methods like cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior tools to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and build new habits.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and practical, with clear steps to try between meetings. Shakirah emphasizes a whole-person perspective that links thoughts, behaviors, and daily routines. She offers support for blended family issues, divorce and separation stress, caregiver strain, and workplace difficulties.
Money worries, isolation, and the transition to young adulthood are also areas she addresses. People who want focused, goal-oriented work tend to fit her style. She combines solution-focused planning with motivational interviewing to help clients find what matters and take small steps forward.
The tone is direct, respectful, and nonjudgmental. Shakirah works in English and practices as an LPC in New Jersey. She does not take international clients.
Her approach aims to help people increase optimism, challenge unhelpful thinking, and improve everyday functioning.
02Credentials
- LPC (New Jersey)
- License 37PC00759900 · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1619577251 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shakirah lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Shakirah names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Shakirah 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.
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04Online support
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person in front of the therapist. In practice this means sessions follow the client’s priorities, with the therapist reflecting back concerns and helping clarify goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises to identify unhelpful thoughts and try out different behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and test what helps, combining methods when useful. This is a collaborative process that adjusts to the client’s needs, preferences, and progress over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people talk face to face when longer conversations are needed. Phone sessions are useful for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing support between sessions and quick access to reminders or brief problem-solving. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between weekly meetings.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does this counselor address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, career decisions, parenting strain, self-esteem, ADHD-related challenges, and life changes including pregnancy and postpartum issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Sessions are practical and collaborative, using goal-focused conversations, skill practice, and steps to try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working with a range of everyday mental health concerns and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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