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Shakina Small, LPC

  • Experience26 years
  • LocationPennsylvania
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Shakina

Shakina Small is an LPC with 26 years of clinical experience who blends evidence-based methods with a compassionate, client-centered stance. She draws on a variety of therapeutic models to address relationship problems, trauma and abuse, addictions, ADHD, mood concerns such as bipolar disorder, and life transitions.

Background and approach

Her background includes work in diverse settings and with a broad range of presenting issues, giving her a practical grasp of complex, long-standing difficulties. In sessions she balances empathy and education with straightforward guidance when needed, helping clients explore the roots of unhealthy patterns and develop new ways of coping.

Her practice attends to intimacy and communication issues, parenting and fatherhood concerns, codependency and boundary difficulties, and challenges that arise from adoption, attachment, and blended families. Shakina aims to help people move beyond past hurts toward more functional, meaningful lives, using approaches that combine cognitive and emotion-focused techniques with skill-building and reflective exploration.

Located in Pennsylvania, she works in English and brings a mission-driven perspective shaped by personal and professional experience. Her goal is to partner with clients to identify practical steps for change and growth while honoring each person’s story and values.

Approach-Focused Online Therapy with Flexible Session Options

Shakina often uses client-centered therapy to create a collaborative, respectful space where the therapist follows the client's lead and helps build self-understanding; this approach supports work on relationship concerns, self-esteem, and identity-related questions. She also integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and can be useful for anxiety, mood difficulties, ADHD-related coping strategies, and managing addictive behaviors. When emotion regulation or intense relational patterns are central, elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) can be introduced to teach practical skills for distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring, adjusting the balance of techniques as progress unfolds and needs change.

Online therapy with Shakina is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These formats can make it easier to attend regular sessions, practice skills between meetings, and maintain continuity of care while accommodating work, family, or mobility constraints.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a wide array of issues including relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, addictions, self-esteem, intimacy-related difficulties, parenting and fatherhood matters, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and ADHD.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her style is empathetic and engaging, combining client-centered care with cognitive-behavioral and emotion-focused techniques; she is also willing to be direct when needed to encourage growth.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 26 years of experience as a psychotherapist, with work in many settings and with diverse presenting concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is licensed as an LPC with license number PA LPC PC016304 and practices in Pennsylvania.
Does she offer services in other languages or accept international clients?
She provides services in English and is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for working with her?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteem

Also works with

AddictionsIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSex addictionSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

26+ years

Licensed

Pennsylvania

Languages

English