Dr. Lakisha Ellison
Experienced LCSW helping clients build resilience
LCSW North Carolina
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- LGBT, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Lakisha
Dr. Lakisha Ellison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina who focuses on concerns such as anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and family challenges, parenting, LGBT issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, career transitions, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
She brings 15 years of clinical experience working across the lifespan and has helped people navigate attachment issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family dynamics, communication and control struggles, domestic violence, grief and loss, and other complex life stressors.
Her approach blends client-centered principles with practical interventions, and she commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside attachment-based, emotionally-focused, and dialectical strategies to meet individual needs. Dr.
Ellison emphasizes strength-based conceptualization that considers each person within their unique environment, and she incorporates collaborative, down-to-earth methods that may include solution-focused techniques and motivational interviewing. She aims to help clients build authenticity and resilience while supporting exploration of identity, intersectional experiences, and healing from adverse childhood events.
Dr. Ellison describes her work as engaging and often uses warmth and a sense of humor alongside holistic practices to complement therapeutic goals.
Prospective clients in North Carolina can expect a compassionate, experienced clinician who seeks to empower them through the challenges they bring.
Approaches that guide online work and flexible session options
Dr. Ellison frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, mood fluctuations, and stress-related problems. She also employs Attachment-Based Therapy to explore relational patterns and early experiences that shape present-day relationship and family dynamics, helping clients strengthen emotional connections and regulation skills. Finally, her client-centered stance places the client's perspective and goals at the center of care, offering empathetic listening and collaborative goal-setting to shape treatment.Choosing the right approach is a shared process she undertakes with each person; the therapist works collaboratively to match methods to a client's goals, preferences, and life context, and adjustments are made as progress unfolds. This collaborative decision-making helps ensure the chosen strategies fit the client's needs rather than imposing a single method.
Online therapy with Dr. Ellison is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility for scheduling and daily life demands. These options allow clients to access licensed professionals from different settings and maintain continuity of care during transitions, busy schedules, or when in-person visits are not feasible.
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Experience
15+ years
Licensed
North Carolina
Languages
English