- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Shakera
Shakera Jackson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people regain balance and move forward. She frames therapy around practical steps and compassionate listening to help clients manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting challenges. She takes a collaborative approach that honors each person's experience.
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with attention to coping skills for anger, grief, and life transitions. She also addresses relationship concerns, self-esteem, caregiver stress, and body image in straightforward ways.
Background and approach
Shakera draws on methods from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, emotionally-focused methods, and EMDR to tailor support to each person. She combines skill-building with opportunities to process past hurts when needed. Her aim is to help people move from surviving to living more intentionally.
With ten years in the mental health field, she has supported people through trauma, post-traumatic stress, domestic violence, mood disorders, and complex life changes. Her experience includes working with parenting concerns and young adult issues alongside a range of emotional and behavioral challenges. Shakera practices in Oklahoma and conducts sessions in English.
She offers a range of online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire to begin and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
What Shakera works with
Everything Shakera lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shakera helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shakera lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches that work well online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building trust. The therapist follows the person's lead, offers empathy, and helps clarify goals so sessions feel relevant and grounded. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, targets thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises. It helps with anxiety, depression, anger, and parenting stress by teaching new skills and testing them between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then try methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and full conversation for deeper work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick processing, homework prompts, and ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around parenting responsibilities and day-to-day demands.
Questions people ask about Shakera
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, relationship and family issues, grief, anger, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, mixing client-centered listening with skill-focused techniques to build coping tools and process difficult experiences.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has ten years of experience in the mental health field working with trauma, mood disorders, domestic violence, caregiver stress, and parenting-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oklahoma.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to meet.
How does the cost and getting started process work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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