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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
Stress, AnxietyRelationshipsTrauma, AbuseDepressionCoping with life changes
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
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Shoshona Stokes. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
She is a very good listener and has the ability to create space for me to work out stuff. I have a tendency to talk things through instead of think things and she understands that.
Written on Jun 10, 2023 after therapy with Shoshona for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and adhd
She is nice and helpful
Written on Apr 10, 2023 after therapy with Shoshona for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and intimacy-related issues
Kind, caring, open, knowledgeable and supportive.
Written on Oct 26, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, career difficulties, and adhd
Shoshone Stokes is a mature, compassionate and competent therapist. She is highly knowledgeable about many different kinds of therapies and which ate most likely to fit the person’s particular problems. She is always respectful and considerate,
Written on Oct 08, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 2 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, and coping with life changes
She is extremely helpful
Written on Sep 10, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, family conflicts, parenting issues, and anger management
She is great, professional, no nonsense. I feel very lucky.
Written on Aug 13, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, and bipolar disorder
Shoshana is very experienced & highly skilled but also low key & accessible.
Written on Jun 26, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 1 month on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, and intimacy-related issues
Shoshona has helped me immensely in the weeks that I worked with her. She was able to help me uncover and see things within myself that had been hidden for over 40 years. She has helped me begin to discover and embrace my true, authentic self. She is compassionate, understanding and deeply knowledgeable. She has an amazing gift & I am so grateful to work with her.
Written on Apr 21, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Shoshanna is a true humanitarian who is interested in actually helping people. She and I work well together and I feel she is respectful of my issues and doesn’t ever make me feel less than for having psychological things I’m working on. She has been a tremendous help to me and I recommend her wholeheartedly.
Written on Feb 14, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
Shoshana has a huge amount of experience and any subject I have brought up, she has had insight and tools to use.
Written on Feb 05, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 6 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, and self esteem
I have really enjoyed having Shoshona as my therapist. I like that she listens to me when I am talking things out, and provides some very good insight and suggestions for some of the matters I am facing and some of the things that I can do to help myself through them. I never feel like she is just directing orders at me and telling me what to do, and that she helps me acknowledge that my feelings are valid. I feel like she helps me and provides homework in ways that are unique to my issues and how I process things, even shares some of her own experiences. I also appreciate that she makes the effort to remind me of things I've discovered and realized, and my progress, when I am having a backslide and seem like I might be too lost in how I'm feeling for them to occur to me on their own. In short, I appreciate her insight and listening to me. I feel like she really cares, and that is the most I could ask for.
Written on Jan 22, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 2 months on issues concerning self esteem, relationship issues, coping with life changes, and anger management
I am happy with my counselor Shoshona Barbara Stokes. She has expertise and experience in the area that I needed counseling about. She offers strong information, advice to me. She gives me time to tell her how I feel and my concerns and what I am going through. I feel secure to discuss my experiences of daily life with her. I value and respect her advice and all she has to tell me. Betterhelp did an excellent job pairing me with the perfect counselor! I have reccomended betterhelp to my friends and coworkers.
Written on Jan 15, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues
Shoshana met me where I was at as I navigated the transition following a move. She helped me to understand that my brain was processing changes in sensory stimulation, changes in my routines, grief of leaving a home that I had been very emotionally invested in as an artist. She helped me to process and release childhood trauma from a move that had taken place when I was a in the 5th grade. I feel more solid in the reality of moving during a pandemic, more resourceful within myself and better able to communicate my emotions and needs with my partner who now works from home full time. Its been significant change for both of us. She was also quite empathetic to my need to discuss the changing dynamic of my role as a Mother to two young adults who are now thriving their first jobs and no longer live at home. And the regret from the daughter side of wishing that I could have been more support to my Mom when she, too, moved through the transition in her role of Mom to four of us. On-line therapy is not an ideal situation in my experience yet Shoshana provided a safe, reliable space in which I could progress, release stories that did not serve and return to a more hopeful, uplifted state of feeling more centered in myself.
Written on Jan 10, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
I would highly recommend Shoshona Barbara Stokes if you want a compassionate, honest, knowledgeable, and always present counselor. I started working with her shortly after my father passed and other family issues arrived. Five months later, although I am still grieving, due to her her guidance through this process, I have become stronger. I will always be ever so grateful to her. You will feel like you have known her forever from day one.
Written on Jan 07, 2022 after therapy with Shoshona for 5 months on issues concerning grief
Shoshona helped me through a difficult transitional period, for which I am very grateful. She is patient and compassionate, open-minded, listens very carefully, and hears what you have to say. She is always ready with helpful suggestions and strategies for dealing with your problems.
Written on Dec 12, 2021 after therapy with Shoshona for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, family conflicts, grief, and coping with life changes
She listens well and understands what I have been going through I appreciate her time
Written on Dec 04, 2021 after therapy with Shoshona for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, and stress, anxiety
My four-month therapy experience with Shoshona helped me immensely. From the beginning, I felt extremely comfortable emptying all of my emotional baggage. After every session, the advice and support she had given me helped me in improving my mental health. She helped me dissect past trauma, figure out where my anxiety originally stemmed from, and how to improve it. Overall, I would highly recommend Shoshona to anyone that is in search of a therapist that is both professional and friendly.
Written on Nov 18, 2021 after therapy with Shoshona for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Knowledgeable, caring, compassionate… She overflows with all of these things!
Written on Nov 07, 2021 after therapy with Shoshona for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd
I was paired with Shoshona Barbara Stokes. The first session was more enlightening and helpful than the year I was in therapy previously. She immediately helped me with communication skills and had great homework that was extremely helpful. The short time that I have been with BetterHelp I can highly recommend her as a great therapist and great fit for me.
Written on Nov 07, 2021 after therapy with Shoshona for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, parenting issues, and self esteem
Shoshona is an experienced therapist who guides you to find your own answers. She is present, sweet, humorous, and insightful. I am grateful for her guidance. Highly recommend!
Written on Oct 27, 2021 after therapy with Shoshona for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and compassion fatigue
I worked with Shoshona over several sessions around depression and anxiety. She offered me new perspectives and tools to work with in order to change my relationship with anxiety and intrusive thoughts. I still have lots to learn, but I would never have known about intrusive thoughts without Shoshona's help. I am extremely grateful for the work we have done together. If you experience unwanted intrusive thoughts or let your thoughts spin around and around in your head or have negative relentless thoughts, give Shoshona a try.
Written on Oct 03, 2021 after therapy with Shoshona for 2 months on issues concerning depression, and stress, anxiety
Shoshona was very kind and perceptive. She listened and gave relevant feedback about my issues.
I would recommend Shoshona to anybody experiencing grief or anxiety.
Written on Aug 14, 2021 after therapy with Shoshona for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
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