Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
How Lakia works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Connecticut
- Years in practice
- 19
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lakia
Lakia Belle, LPC, brings nearly 19 years of experience to her counseling practice. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and parenting challenges. She aims to create a warm, respectful space where people can be heard and begin to make changes.
Her work centers on practical strategies and steady support. She helps clients improve communication, manage strong emotions like anger, and cope with isolation or loneliness.
Background and approach
She also addresses issues that come up in relationships such as infidelity, abandonment, and codependency, and helps people through divorce and separation. Lakia has experience with post-traumatic stress and works with people recovering from traumatic events or disasters. She integrates spiritual and biblical perspectives when clients request that focus, while still using approaches grounded in evidence.
Her goal is to help clients find clearer direction and stronger coping skills. Sessions are aimed at helping people build self-compassion, identify goals, and practice new ways of relating to others. She supports people through life transitions like midlife shifts, career stress, and struggles with purpose.
Practical steps and small changes are emphasized so progress feels achievable. Lakia works throughout Connecticut and communicates in English. She honors each person's background and values, and helps them take the next steps toward greater stability and well-being.
What Lakia works with
Everything Lakia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Lakia's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
How evidence-based techniques guide online work
Her practice emphasizes evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills people can use right away. One approach focuses on emotion regulation and practical strategies for managing anger and impulsivity, teaching ways to recognize triggers and respond differently. Another approach centers on skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing, pacing, and breaking down worries into manageable steps to reduce overwhelm.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problems they bring. That collaborative planning can include trying different techniques and tracking what helps most over time.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing sessions to happen from more convenient locations. It can also make shorter check-ins or regular weekly sessions easier to keep, which helps build steady progress.
Questions people ask about Lakia
What concerns does Lakia commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and parenting challenges, along with related issues like codependency, infidelity, and isolation.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is compassionate and practical, focusing on clear steps, better communication, and emotion management to help people move forward.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 19 years of clinical counseling experience working with a wide range of concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Connecticut.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.