Shaakira Gillette
Mindful, experience-based clinical care
LCSW Pennsylvania
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Hypnotherapy
- Languages
- English
About Shaakira
Shaakira Gillette is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and challenges with sleep, eating, and intimacy. With ten years of clinical experience, she integrates practical therapeutic tools with introspective practices to support change and emotional growth.
Background and approach
Her work blends cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices and hypnotherapy alongside trauma-focused strategies. Shaakira pays attention to how core beliefs and past hurts show up in everyday relationships and daily habits, and she guides clients through exercises and psychoeducation to build awareness and healthier patterns.
Her approach also includes lifestyle coaching around mindfulness, diet, and routine to strengthen the mind-body connection. Based in Pennsylvania, Shaakira frames therapy as an experiential process that explores internal patterns and their outward effects.
She combines traditional psychotherapeutic methods with reflective practices and aims to help clients gain clarity, resilience, and practical coping skills over the course of treatment.
Approaches That Translate Well Online
Shaakira uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behavioral strategies; this approach often targets anxiety, depression, stress, and problematic habits in structured, goal-oriented ways. She also incorporates Mindfulness Therapy to cultivate present-moment awareness and reduce emotional reactivity, which can support improvements in sleep, concentration, and emotional regulation. Hypnotherapy is used as another tool to access subconscious patterns and promote relaxation and focused change when appropriate.Finding the right combination of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to explore goals, preferences, and the intensity of symptoms, then recommend a mix of CBT, mindfulness exercises, or hypnotherapy techniques tailored to those needs. Clients and therapist review progress together and adjust strategies as treatment unfolds.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. This range of formats makes it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, continue work while traveling within the accepted region, or use brief messaging between sessions for ongoing support. The goal is practical, accessible treatment that can be adapted to a client’s life while applying evidence-informed approaches.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Pennsylvania
Languages
English