Shaiuana Okoro
Compassionate CBT-informed care for life transitions
LPC Texas
- Experience
- 5 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Shaiuana
Shaiuana Okoro is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas who centers her work on evidence-informed strategies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors.
Background and approach
She blends practical skill-building with empathic listening to support clients facing relationship challenges, grief, intimacy concerns, and identity-related issues within the LGBT community. Her approach promotes clearer thinking and actionable coping tools while honoring each person’s lived experience.
Over five years of clinical experience have shaped a collaborative, client-centered style that prioritizes a nonjudgmental atmosphere where feelings and thoughts can be explored safely. Shaiuana also integrates acceptance-based and mindfulness practices alongside elements from dialectical behavioral therapy to address mood instability, self-esteem struggles, and patterns of isolation or self-harm.
She helps clients tackle specific concerns like parenting stress, career transitions, substance use, and compassion fatigue, tailoring strategies to individual goals and circumstances. People working with her can expect practical techniques for symptom relief as well as reflective work aimed at long-term resilience and self-compassion.
She encourages taking small, courageous steps toward meaningful change and supports clients in developing sustainable routines and healthier coping mechanisms.
How evidence-informed approaches translate to online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors; it often includes concrete exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and address addictive behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes values-based action and learning to make space for difficult emotions while building purposeful behaviors that align with what matters most to the client. Client-Centered Therapy creates a supportive environment where the therapist follows the client’s lead, offering empathy and validation to foster insight and self-directed growth.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and the therapist collaborates with each person to determine which methods best match their goals, symptoms, and preferences. That collaborative process can involve trying different techniques and adjusting the plan over time to better suit changing needs.
Online formats make it easier to access consistent care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options provide scheduling flexibility and allow people to use modalities that fit their daily routines, making it simpler to keep momentum between sessions and practice skills in real-world contexts.
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Experience
5+ years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English