Shoshona Stokes, LPC

About me

Pronouns: She, Her
I have worked in the Mental Health field for 20 plus years and focus on people who are going through transitions in their lives and those who have experienced trauma, anxiety, depression, abuse, grief and loss, attachment issues, chronic pain and relationship problems. Some people come to therapy during times of disconnection from their self, their story, their body, their families or their community. Being human can be complicated, challenging and messy. I believe that psychotherapy is a collaborative process where together we can explore new ways of understanding your experience as well as gaining insight into self-defeating patterns causing distress and the necessary tools to grow beyond your current struggles.

My therapeutic lens is person centered, strengths based and humanistic. I provide a safe place for you to investigate fully who you are and how to live your best life. You are the architect and author of your life and I serve as a guide and support. Using a compassionate lens, I use a psychodynamic approach, family systems, CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, EMDR, attachment theories and a toolbox of other techniques to assist in mining each individual's unique gifts.

Additionally, I am committed to providing advocacy to assist parents of children with special needs in obtaining the appropriate supports, services and educational placement through the IEP process. I also advocate for differently-abled adults and chronically mentally ill adults and believe they have the right to receive services that meet their unique needs, supports and encourages their strengths, and embraces their individuality in the least restrictive environment.

Specialties: • ADD/ADHD. • Addiction • Advocacy • Anxiety • Attachment issues • Autism Spectrum Disorder • Body Positivity • Chronic Illness • Couples Counseling • Cultural Ethnic Issues • Depressive Disorders • Divorce Counseling/ Blended Family Issues • End of Life Issues • Existential Crisis • Family Therapy • Geriatrics and families • Grief • Job issues • LGBTQIA+ • Personality Disorders • Self Esteem • Stress • Trauma and PTSD • Victims of Assault, Abuse, Trauma • Widow/ Widower Issues • Women's Issues Age • Elders (65+) • Adults • Adolescents/ Teenagers (13-19) • Communities • Families

Treatment Approach Types of Therapy • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) • Attachment Therapies • CBT • Compassion Focused • Culturally Sensitive • DBT • EMDR • Family / Marital • Family Systems • Feminist • Gestalt • Humanistic • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT) • Motivational Interviewing • Multicultural • Narrative • Person-Centered • Psychodynamic • Relational • Somatic Therapies • Strength-Based • Trauma Informed Care

Professional experience

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Abandonment, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Attachment Issues, Blended Family Issues, Caregiver Issues and Stress, Chronic Pain Illness and Disability, Commitment Issues, Control Issues, Dependent Personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Divorce and Separation, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and Shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual Disability, Isolation/Loneliness, Life Purpose, Midlife Crisis, Mood Disorders, Multicultural Concerns, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships, Post-traumatic Stress, Prejudice and Discrimination, Self-Harm, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Social Anxiety and Phobia, Somatization, Women's Issues, Workplace Issues, Young Adult Issues

Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Gottman Method, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

License information

OR LPC C4171

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