About Shakiyah
Shakiyah Demelien is a licensed professional counselor practicing in South Carolina. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and depression. Her work focuses on practical steps that reduce overwhelm and restore a sense of control.
Shakiyah keeps conversations direct and respectful. She listens first, then helps identify small, realistic changes a person can try between sessions. She views the relationship with each client as a partnership where goals are set together.
Background and approach
In sessions she adapts the pace to what someone needs. That may mean problem-solving skills, emotional processing, or practicing different ways to communicate with others. She also addresses concerns like guilt, shame, attachment and abandonment worries, and feelings of isolation.
She brings four years of professional experience and uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that match each client's situation. Shakiyah explains options plainly and outlines what to expect so people can make informed choices about their care. Her approach aims to help people move from feeling stuck toward clearer decisions and steadier moods.
She supports people managing life transitions, money stress, caregiver strain, midlife questions, and issues tied to identity or purpose. Shakiyah works in English and offers sessions in formats that suit busy lives. She invites people to start with a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to see if the approach feels right.
How therapeutic techniques translate to online care
Shakiyah uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques chosen to match a person's needs. One common approach focuses on building practical coping skills for stress and anxiety, teaching breathing, grounding, and problem-solving strategies to reduce day-to-day overwhelm. Another approach centers on processing difficult experiences related to trauma and abuse, helping people name emotions, reduce their intensity, and make different choices in relationships and daily life. These techniques are explained in plain language and practiced together so clients can apply them between sessions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. That means sessions may shift over time from skill-building to deeper emotional work or vice versa, depending on progress and preference.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video works well for a full, face-to-face feel. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit a break at work. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent when life is busy.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English