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LPC

Garika Williams, LPC

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationVirginia
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and LGBT
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Garika

Garika Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a decade of clinical experience in the mental health field.

Background and approach

She has worked since 2014 supporting adults with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, mood disorders, chronic illness, postpartum challenges, sexuality and sexual health, grief, and loss. Her training and practice in Virginia are reflected in her LPC credential and years of direct client work.

Garika emphasizes a nonjudgmental, accepting therapeutic environment where clients can explore difficult thoughts and emotions. She creates space for candid conversation about topics such as relationship and intimacy concerns, stress and coping, addiction and recovery, self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue.

Clients seeking help with complex issues like attachment patterns, blended family dynamics, chronic pain and illness, or kink-affirming sexual health will find a practitioner who attends to nuance and context. Her style is collaborative and practical, blending established therapeutic techniques with attention to each person’s values and goals.

Garika offers multiple online session formats and works with international clients, aiming to make ongoing support accessible and adaptable to clients’ schedules and needs.

Therapeutic Techniques and Online Access

Garika draws on established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help clients manage symptoms and improve functioning. She commonly uses approaches that focus on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and support mood regulation. She also employs skills-based methods that teach practical strategies for coping with stress, improving sleep, and managing attention-related challenges like ADHD.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to explore what feels most useful based on their goals, history, and preferences, and adjusts methods over time as progress and needs evolve.

Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These formats make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy lives, maintain continuity when circumstances change, and access care from different locations while working with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Garika works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue among others.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
Her practice centers on a nonjudgmental, accepting space where clients explore thoughts and feelings collaboratively while applying evidence-based techniques suited to each concern.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She has been practicing in the mental health field since 2014, bringing about 10 years of experience as an LPC.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
The clinician holds an LPC credential in Virginia with licence number VA LPC 0701007369 and practices from that state.
Can nonlocal or international clients work with this therapist?
Yes, she accepts international clients and provides services to people outside her immediate geographic area.
Which session formats are available for online work?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Virginia

Languages

English