Tamika Hodges, LCSW, LSCSW
Empowering practical support for everyday parenting challenges
Book with Tamika- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LCSW, LSCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, Kansas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Tamika
Tamika Hodges is a licensed clinical social worker who offers counseling to people in Kansas. She brings six years of experience to sessions and focuses on practical support for issues like anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes. Tamika emphasizes the client's own strengths and works alongside them as they make changes.
Her style is straightforward and respectful. Sessions are centered on the client's story and goals.
Background and approach
Tamika uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs, and she encourages active collaboration during treatment. Tamika often helps people who are dealing with relationship stress, grief, addictive behaviors, self-esteem struggles, or parenting concerns. She also supports clients facing medical or caregiving strain, body image issues, and complex life transitions.
Her background includes work with a wide range of presenting problems that commonly overlap. She draws on methods such as attachment-based work, client-centered techniques, and cognitive behavioral strategies to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping. Mindfulness and skills-building from dialectical behavior therapy are used when they fit the client's goals.
Tamika holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and practices in Kansas. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, and are set up through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What Tamika works with
Everything Tamika lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tamika helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tamika lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- 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.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape expectations. In therapy this means noticing relational patterns and practicing new ways of connecting and setting boundaries, which can help with relationship stress and attachment issues.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence mood. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking, trying out alternative responses, and building routines that reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms. This approach suits people who want structured tools and measurable changes.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which approaches match their needs, goals, and preferences. That process may include trying different strategies and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option for a focused check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send short messages between sessions, share updates, or check in when a full session isn't possible. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work, and other commitments while keeping continuity of care.
Questions people ask about Tamika
What concerns does Tamika help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting concerns, grief, addictions, self-esteem, and related struggles.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She emphasizes clients' strengths and uses practical skills and reflection to support change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience as a licensed social worker supporting people through a range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
Tamika holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and practices in Kansas.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Sessions use a subscription model that varies with location and therapist availability and can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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