Lakishia Bussell, LCSW

Licensed in North Carolina · 3 years in practice

Lakishia Bussell helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to cope with life changes.

License and registration

LCSW, North Carolina: C007645 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1427177971 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 3
Languages: English

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About Lakishia

Lakishia Bussell helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to cope with life changes. She greets clients with respect and compassion and focuses on practical steps they can use between sessions. Lakishia presents herself as collaborative rather than directive, and she works to empower people to make the changes they want.

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in North Carolina. Her background includes work with depression, anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns, grief, addiction, trauma and emotional abuse, and stress-related issues.

Background and approach

She also supports people navigating career strain, compassion fatigue, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and identity-related concerns in the LGBT community. Lakishia’s style is encouraging and interactive. Sessions are person-centered and solution-focused, with a non-judgmental tone.

She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas and emotionally-focused techniques to help clients notice patterns and try different responses. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolbox. Mindfulness practices are offered as short, practical exercises for managing stress and grounding strong emotion.

Motivational interviewing helps people clarify what matters to them and find internal reasons to change. With three years of clinical experience in the role of LCSW and a longer history in mental health work, she blends straightforward conversation with usable strategies. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Lakishia welcomes direct questions about how therapy might fit a person’s life and goals.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Lakishia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Grief
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD

Approaches Lakishia names

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Online support

How her approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. It emphasizes acceptance and working at a person’s pace, which helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through stress or grief.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to try new responses to anxiety, depression, or unhelpful routines.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and process strong emotions in the moment. It can be useful for sorting through relationship tensions and deep emotional wounds such as trauma or abuse.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone wants to reflect in writing between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress moving forward.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she help people with?

She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting challenges, grief, addictions, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and career-related concerns.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is encouraging, interactive, and non-judgmental. She uses person-centered and solution-focused methods while integrating cognitive behavioral and emotionally-focused techniques.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She lists three years of experience as an LCSW and many more years working in the mental health field prior to holding this license.

Where is Lakishia based and what are her credentials?

She practices in North Carolina and holds the credential LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Can people use a language 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 to suit different needs and schedules.

How are costs and scheduling handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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