- Focus on practical change
- Warm collaborative style
- Address financial stress
About Shakiyah
Shakiyah Demelien is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in South Carolina who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strains, family conflict, trauma, and depression. She also supports people dealing with money and financial issues, attachment concerns, grief, and questions about life direction. Her tone is respectful and compassionate, and she encourages practical steps toward change.
She keeps sessions focused on what matters most to each person. Conversations and plans are shaped around the client’s goals and daily life. She aims to make the process feel manageable by breaking problems into clear steps and checking in about progress.
Shakiyah uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques chosen to match each client's situation. She emphasizes understanding patterns like communication habits or control issues and then trying new ways of responding. Work may include addressing guilt, shame, impulsivity, or the strain of caregiving.
Her approach is collaborative: she listens first, then suggests small experiments clients can try between sessions. She helps people rebuild trust in themselves after trauma, work through separation or divorce stress, and reduce isolation or loneliness. Financial worries are treated as part of the whole life picture rather than as isolated problems.
With four years of experience as an LPC, Shakiyah aims to make therapy straightforward and useful. She supports clients who want clearer thinking, steadier moods, and better daily routines. To begin, she asks people to describe their main concerns so sessions can focus on what will help most.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online work
Shakiyah draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building new coping skills. One common approach helps people notice interaction patterns and practice new communication habits to ease relationship and family conflicts. Another approach targets stress and mood by teaching practical tools for managing worry, improving routines, and reducing impulsive reactions.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. She works with each person to identify goals and then tries methods that fit those goals and everyday life. That decision is collaborative and can change as needs shift during therapy.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, save travel time, and allow for quicker check-ins on weeks when a short conversation helps more than a long visit. It can also let people use lower-bandwidth options when video is difficult, or arrange sessions at times that reduce disruption to work or caregiving responsibilities.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, and depression. She also works with concerns like money and financial issues, attachment problems, and caregiver stress.
What is her general therapy approach?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and keeps sessions focused on practical steps. The work is conversational and oriented to small, achievable changes between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor. That experience includes supporting people with trauma, relationship challenges, and mood concerns.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds a South Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor credential and practices in South Carolina.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.