About Shanika
Shanika Katara Jones is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with seven years of clinical experience. She helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship struggles, and depression. Shanika focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable.
She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space for people to share what’s on their mind. Her work often centers on coping with life changes and finding clearer direction when routines shift.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how past relationships and family patterns affect current behavior. Sessions can include looking at negative thinking patterns and building skills to respond differently to stress. Shanika also addresses deeper wounds such as abandonment, attachment concerns, and codependency.
She brings in tools that help clients process painful memories and reduce the emotional hold from past events. When substance use or domestic violence are present, she helps people explore safety and next steps. Her style blends practical exercises with reflective conversation.
She uses client-centered methods to follow each person’s pace and priorities. Mindfulness techniques and thought-challenging work are used to reduce anxiety and lift mood. People who want a partner in setting achievable goals may find her approach helpful.
Shanika supports exploring life purpose, forgiveness, and improving communication. Her aim is steady progress toward clearer thinking and better day-to-day coping.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person in the room. It helps people feel heard, build trust, and decide on goals that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thinking and habits and teaches practical skills to change them; it often helps with anxiety, low mood, and stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a method used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact for people who have trauma.Choosing an approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and suggest methods that match those priorities. Plans are adjusted over time based on what works and what doesn’t, so the fit can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for full face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when video is not needed, live chat for short check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule around work, manage clinic travel, or pick shorter formats for quick check-ins. Licensed professionals can use these formats to combine skill practice, reflection, and planning in ways that fit each person’s life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English