About Shaniqua
Shaniqua Parrish-Bacon is a licensed clinician in Maryland with five years of professional experience. She holds MD, LCPC and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. She aims to make the first steps toward change feel less overwhelming.
Her approach centers on building an open, nonjudgmental space for talking through hard feelings. She spends sessions listening carefully and helping people name what matters most to them.
Background and approach
From there she works with each person to set small, realistic goals that fit daily life. Shaniqua pays special attention to how attachment and communication patterns affect relationships. She helps clients untangle past hurts that keep repeating now.
That can include looking at forgiveness, infidelity, fertility-related stress, or workplace strains when those concerns come up. She also supports adults facing midlife questions, young adult transitions, men’s and women’s issues, and panic or post-traumatic stress symptoms. Sessions aim to combine practical coping skills with clearer thinking about values and life purpose.
Progress is paced to match each person’s needs. People meet Shaniqua for steady, straightforward support rather than quick fixes. She encourages curiosity about habits and offers tools to reduce overwhelm.
The goal is clearer choices, less reactivity, and more room for the life a person wants.
Evidence-based techniques and flexible online care
Shaniqua uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and clearer thinking. One approach emphasizes understanding and shifting attachment and communication patterns to improve relationships and reduce repeated conflicts. This helps when past hurts keep showing up in current interactions. Another approach focuses on building coping skills for anxiety, panic, and trauma-related symptoms by teaching simple strategies to manage intense feelings and regain a sense of control.Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try approaches that match those goals, and adjust plans based on what helps most. That way the methods used reflect individual needs and preferences rather than a one-size-fits-all program.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different rhythms of life. Video calls are useful for fuller conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or helpful when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, processing between sessions, or when someone prefers to write rather than speak. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule and to support steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English