Lakesha Stidum

Goal-focused care using evidence-informed methods

LCSW Texas

Experience: 8 years in practice
Focus areas: Parenting, Anger, Self esteem
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Lakesha

Lakesha Stidum has practiced as a licensed clinical social worker for eight years, bringing a background in goal-focused care and evidence-informed techniques. She trained with a social work undergraduate degree and a master of social work, and she holds LCSW licensure in Texas and California.

Background and approach

Lakesha centers her work on helping people manage depression, anxiety, and a wide range of life challenges by combining practical strategies with collaborative support. Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with motivational methods and client-centered principles to help clients clarify values, set achievable goals, and change unhelpful patterns.

Lakesha also draws on narrative and dialectical ideas when helpful, inviting clients to explore how stories, emotions, and skills interact in daily life. She works with concerns such as parenting, stress, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and grief, addictions, bipolar and mood concerns, ADHD, career questions, and caregiving strain.

Lakesha aims to create a respectful, strengths-based space where clients and therapist shape the work together. She welcomes people ready to try structured interventions, skills practice, or reflective exploration and offers a collaborative plan tailored to each person’s needs and priorities.

Approaches and Online Care to Fit Your Goals

Lakesha frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns; this approach is practical and often helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes. She also integrates Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting each person’s own strengths and choices to guide progress. When appropriate, she brings in Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for intense emotions and relationship challenges.

Finding the right combination of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to assess needs, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps most, inviting feedback and shared decision-making throughout treatment.

Online therapy makes those approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, allow for skills practice between sessions, and make it easier to maintain consistent care from different locations while working with licensed professionals and therapists toward your goals.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?

She works with a broad range of issues including depression, anxiety, addiction, parenting, stress, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, career struggles, and many related challenges.

What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?

Sessions tend to combine cognitive behavioral strategies with client-centered support and motivational techniques, offering both skills training and collaborative exploration.

How much professional experience does this therapist have?

She has eight years of experience providing individual therapy since beginning clinical work in 2014.

What credentials and licensure are held?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with license details TX LCSW 68717 and CA LCSW 127941.

Which languages are services offered in and can international clients join?

Therapy is offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available for online work?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.

How does pricing and payment work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Parenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteem

Also works with

Stress, Anxiety AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse GriefIntimacy-related issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepression Coping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue ADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Motivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

8+ years

Licensed

Arkansas, Texas, California

Languages

English