Shadae Cardoza, LICSW, LCSW

Licensed in District of Columbia · 8 years in practice

Shadae Cardoza is a licensed social worker who focuses on practical, goal-oriented support.

License and registration

LICSW, District of Columbia: LC200001448 · expires March 2028
LCSW, Virginia: 0904017414 · expires June 2026
NPI: 1720841448 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 8
Languages: English

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About Shadae

Shadae Cardoza is a licensed social worker who focuses on practical, goal-oriented support. She meets people where they are and helps them find clearer ways to manage stress, anxiety, work challenges, and self-esteem concerns. Shadae uses straightforward conversation to identify small changes that make daily life feel more manageable.

With eight years of experience, she has worked with people facing family conflict, workplace pressure, and life transitions like pregnancy or big career choices.

Background and approach

She pays attention to attachment and communication patterns that often underlie recurring problems. Sessions can include practical skills for coping and decision-making as well as space to talk through feelings about identity, sexuality, and self-love. Shadae describes clients as the experts on their own lives and focuses on building usable strengths.

She helps people connect their values and goals to concrete next steps. This approach aims to make progress feel realistic and steady rather than overwhelming. Her background includes licensure in the District of Columbia as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and licensure in Virginia as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Shadae draws on that clinical experience to offer clear guidance and steady support through change. People who choose her work together on practical strategies for coping, clearer communication, and renewed focus on life purpose and career decisions. Sessions also address money worries, abandonment or attachment concerns, and challenges that often come up around pregnancy and parenting.

Shadae aims to be an encouraging partner in the work of change, helping clients try new approaches, track small wins, and build confidence over time.

Focus areas and approaches

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Online support

Evidence-based approaches and online support

Shadae uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and real-life change. One common approach she relies on teaches practical coping skills for stress and anxiety, such as short breathing exercises, activity planning, and breaking problems into manageable steps. This helps people reduce overwhelm and regain day-to-day control.

She also emphasizes work on attachment and communication patterns to improve relationships and reduce recurring conflict. In sessions she helps identify how early patterns show up now and practices clearer ways of asking for needs and setting boundaries. That work supports people dealing with abandonment worries, family tension, or workplace relationships.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options and try techniques that match a client's goals, needs, and preferences. Together they adjust methods over time so the work stays relevant and useful.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face from wherever they are, phone sessions can fit into a work break or when bandwidth is low, and text or chat can be useful for shorter check-ins or records of what was discussed. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into a busy life.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she help with?

She helps people manage stress, anxiety, family conflict, self-esteem, and career issues. Additional focus areas include attachment, abandonment, communication, money worries, pregnancy and women's issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is practical and collaborative. She helps clients set small goals, practice coping skills, and talk through the patterns behind recurring problems.

What is her clinical background?

She brings eight years of professional experience working with adults on life transitions, workplace stress, and relationship patterns. That experience informs a hands-on approach to problem solving.

Where is she licensed and located?

She holds licensure as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in the District of Columbia and as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Virginia. Her listed location is the District of Columbia.

Can sessions be done in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Clients can choose the format that best fits their day-to-day needs.

How does cost and payment work?

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