- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Lakesha
Lakesha Lingard is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Florida. She provides a warm, interactive style aimed at helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. Lakesha focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She listens without judgment and works to understand each person's situation. Conversations are tailored to the individual rather than using one fixed method. Her background includes ten years of clinical experience addressing relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, addiction, and grief.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with sleep and eating issues, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and career stress. Parenting is a recurring area of focus in her work. Therapy sessions combine tools from cognitive and emotion-focused approaches with client-centered listening.
That mix allows Lakesha to help people rethink unhelpful thoughts, practice new communication habits, and manage intense emotions. She aims for straightforward, usable strategies rather than academic language. People may come to address communication problems, codependency, attachment issues, or the effects of past trauma.
Lakesha also helps with decision points such as divorce or separation and the everyday strains of caregiving and blended family life. Her practice emphasizes collaboration: clients set goals and she offers guidance and practical exercises to reach them. The work tends to be goal-directed and paced to match each person's needs and rhythms.
What Lakesha works with
Everything Lakesha lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lakesha helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Lakesha lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Lakesha’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose meaningful action anyway. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and situations where values guide change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors through practical exercises and homework. It often helps with depression, anxiety, sleep, and eating concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotions and improving how people express and respond to feelings, which can help with relationship and intimacy-related issues.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Lakesha will listen to goals and preferences, explain options, and suggest approaches to try. Together the client and therapist adjust methods over time to match what is working and what feels useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls let therapists and clients work face to face when useful. Phone sessions can be an easier option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief moments of support, quick reflections, or ongoing check-ins between sessions. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and busy days while keeping the therapeutic work practical and goal oriented.
Questions people ask about Lakesha
What concerns does Lakesha commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and related issues such as attachment and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is warm and interactive, combining listening with practical exercises. Sessions focus on short-term skills and longer-term patterns depending on the client's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, substance issues, ADHD, and mood disorders.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does pricing work for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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