Dr. Lakisha Ellison, LCSW
Licensed in North Carolina · 15 years in practice
Dr. Lakisha Ellison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in North Carolina with 15 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, North Carolina
- C006571 · expires September 2027
- NPI
- 1588870786 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
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About Lakisha
Dr. Lakisha Ellison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in North Carolina with 15 years of experience. She helps people coping with anxiety, trauma, parenting stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and life changes.
She also supports those navigating identity and LGBT-related issues and those facing family conflict or adoption and foster care questions. Her style is down-to-earth and client-centered. Sessions are conversational and practical.
She blends straightforward talk with warmth and occasional humor to make hard topics easier to approach.
Background and approach
Dr. Ellison draws on attachment-based ideas to help people trace patterns rooted in family history. She uses cognitive behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thoughts and build new habits.
Dialectical behavior therapy skills and emotionally-focused methods are added when emotion regulation and connection are central concerns. She has worked in social work since 2005 and has long experience with trauma, domestic violence, child welfare, and complex family dynamics. That background informs her focus on adverse childhood experiences and the ways early relationships affect adult life.
People who come to her can expect to work together on clear goals. She often offers practical tools to use between sessions and adapts techniques to each person’s needs. Her aim is to help clients become more authentic, confident, and able to handle life’s stresses.
Dr. Ellison integrates holistic practices when appropriate, and she frames therapy around the realities of each person’s environment. She welcomes conversations about culture, race, gender identity, and how those factors shape emotional health.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Lakisha lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lakisha names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- 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
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Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Dr. Ellison often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to help people see how early relationships shape present patterns. That work is useful for attachment issues, family of origin concerns, and improving emotional connection. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy which centers your experience and priorities; sessions focus on listening, reflection, and building your own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, when used, targets the thoughts and habits that keep problems going and offers concrete exercises to change them.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. If something does not feel right, adjustments are made so the work matches what the person wants to achieve.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is helpful for deeper conversational work and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, ongoing support between appointments, or when writing feels easier than speaking.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this therapist address?
She helps with anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, parenting and family problems, relationship and intimacy issues, career concerns, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, abandonment, and first responder issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is client-centered, down-to-earth, and engaging. She mixes practical tools, humor, and relationship-focused work to make progress feel doable.
What is her professional background and experience?
She has worked in social work since 2005 and brings 15 years of clinical experience with trauma, child welfare, domestic violence, and family dynamics.
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer for online work?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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