La Shekia Smith-Brown
Compassionate LCSW using collaborative therapies
LCSW Nevada
- Experience
- 7 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Parenting
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Languages
- English
About La
La Shekia Smith-Brown is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, relationship and family difficulties, grief, anger, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and related life transitions.
Background and approach
She brings seven years of experience as an LCSW and a long history in health and human services, working across school, early intervention, and community-based settings. Her style centers on compassion, careful listening, and collaborative problem solving.
Sheila Smith-Brown views each person holistically, recognizing the many parts that contribute to a whole life, and builds individualized treatment plans rather than relying on a single method. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is among the approaches she uses, alongside other evidence-informed methods such as DBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative therapy.
La Shekia has provided psychotherapy, clinical consultation, and behavioral supports in a variety of environments, including work with children with significant emotional needs, early intervention for young children, and consultation to group home providers. She offers services in Nevada, conducts sessions in English, and prefers engaging by live video while also providing phone, chat, and text options.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
La Shekia often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and develop practical coping strategies for anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques when emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness are primary goals; DBT skills can be practiced and reinforced between sessions.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each client to assess needs, goals, and preferences and tailor a plan that may draw from CBT, DBT, mindfulness practices, or narrative techniques to best fit the person’s situation.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats allow people to attend sessions from their own communities, make it easier to maintain continuity during busy periods, and enable a mix of real-time conversations and brief messaging for check-ins and skill practice between appointments.
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Experience
7+ years
Licensed
Nevada, Arizona
Languages
English