- Years in practice
- 24
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Shemica
Shemica Cole is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) based in the District of Columbia. She brings 24 years of experience to her practice and focuses on common concerns like anxiety, depression, parenting stress, relationship strain, and trauma. She uses clear conversation to help people find practical steps forward.
She favors approaches that center the client and build stable connections. Sessions often include techniques from attachment-based work, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior ideas, and mindfulness practices.
Background and approach
Those methods are used to address symptoms and to teach skills for daily life. Clients can expect a warm, respectful tone and a collaborative planning process. The therapist aims to combine steady encouragement with occasional lightness and hope.
The goal is to identify concrete strategies a person can try between sessions. Many people seek help for parenting challenges, coping with life changes, or recovery from past hurt. Shemica has worked with a wide range of concerns including grief, addiction, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She also helps with issues tied to attachment, adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, caregiving stress, and communication problems. Her practice emphasizes creating manageable goals and building skills step by step. Conversations lead to an individualized plan that reflects a person’s needs and preferences.
Shemica supports people who want tools to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
What Shemica works with
Everything Shemica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shemica helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shemica lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-focused care delivered online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice how they connect, test new ways of relating, and build a steadier sense of safety in relationships. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and preferences. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps the person set goals at their own pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes.Figuring out the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate to choose and adapt techniques based on the person's goals, values, and day-to-day needs. That way sessions stay practical and relevant rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit care into a busy life. Video works well for longer therapy sessions and visual connection. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief updates, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers shorter, written interactions. These options support flexibility so people can keep therapy consistent with work, family, and travel schedules.
Questions people ask about Shemica
What concerns does she address?
She addresses a broad set of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship strain, grief, addictions, and ADHD.
What is her therapy style like?
The approach is collaborative and conversational, combining client-centered listening with practical skills from CBT, DBT ideas, attachment work, and mindfulness practices.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 24 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker working with adults on a range of life and mental health concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a DC LICSW and practices out of the District of Columbia.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for the person.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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