Shakina Small, LPC
Pennsylvania · 26 years in practice
Shakina Small is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 26 years of experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Pennsylvania
- PC016304 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1174260806 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Shakina
Shakina Small is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 26 years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate relationship and family struggles, trauma and abuse, addictions, and parenting challenges. Shakina keeps language simple and practical in sessions so parents and individuals can follow next steps without jargon.
She blends emotionally-focused work with client-centered and cognitive behavioral ideas. That means sessions often focus on emotions and attachment, while also teaching concrete skills for changing thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She uses dialectical strategies and existential questions when those tools fit a situation. Shakina has worked in many settings over her career, including schools, residential programs, foster care, inpatient and outpatient services, and correctional environments. That range has shaped a flexible approach that adapts to different life circumstances and stresses.
She draws on creative methods like writing and role techniques when they help a person access feeling and insight. In practice she aims to be direct when needed and compassionate at all times. She helps people identify recurring patterns, name painful emotions, and try new ways of relating to others.
For parents she focuses on practical strategies for communication, boundaries, and managing anger or stress. Sessions are offered in English and are provided through online formats. Costs vary with location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shakina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shakina names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Emotion-based and practical approaches for online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on emotions and attachment patterns. It helps people and partners identify core feelings and change how they respond to each other to improve closeness and trust. Client-Centered Therapy places the person at the center of sessions, using listening and reflection to help someone find their own answers and build self-understanding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is useful for anxiety, mood, and coping with life changes.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean starting with emotionally-focused conversations, then adding skill-based exercises or existential questions as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, coping tools between sessions, or people who prefer not to use video. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work, or other commitments.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Shakina help with?
She helps people facing relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting stress, self-esteem and intimacy-related issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is empathetic and engaging with clear, practical guidance. She can be direct when needed and uses education and skills training alongside emotional work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Shakina brings 26 years of experience working in schools, residential programs, foster care, inpatient and outpatient settings, and correctional environments.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential (LPC) and practices from Pennsylvania.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist factors; sessions use a subscription that 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 sessions according to therapist availability.
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