About Laketia
Laketia Carrell is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. She draws on twenty years of experience to guide clients through trauma, addiction concerns, anger, sleep problems, and work-related pressures. Laketia aims to help people build self-esteem and cope with life changes so they can function better day to day.
She uses straightforward, practical techniques in sessions. That includes looking at thoughts and beliefs that get in the way and practicing small behavior changes that add up.
Background and approach
Laketia blends Client-Centered care with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused tools to keep conversations grounded and goal-oriented. Sessions are collaborative. She listens first, then offers ideas clients can try between meetings.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change, and mindfulness strategies are used to reduce overwhelm and improve focus. Laketia works with people facing issues from adoption and attachment concerns to chronic illness, caregiver stress, and codependency. She also supports those navigating divorce, commitment worries, and career transitions.
Her approach looks for practical steps that fit each person's life and values. Every person brings a different story, so Laketia adapts methods to individual needs. She encourages small experiments, honest reflection, and steady progress.
The work is conversational and action-focused, with the client steering the goals.
How Laketia’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead so sessions match what matters most. This helps people who feel unsure about where to begin and want a therapist who reflects their concerns back in simple language.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. In short, CBT helps identify unhelpful thinking, try small behavior changes, and track what improves over time; it is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and work problems.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm and improve focus. These tools can be used between meetings to manage stress and calm the nervous system during difficult moments.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Laketia will collaborate with each person to choose what fits their goals, preferences, and daily life. She adjusts pacing and techniques as progress is made so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people read facial cues and work closely on skills, phone calls need less bandwidth, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging supports brief ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English