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Kalisha Beard, LCSW #: 77950; I invite you to come into a safe, therapeutic environment, to process your thoughts and feelings. I find value in using engagement techniques to build rapport with clients so that I can truly understand their culture and background. I am eclectic in approach and I use a range of treatment modalities.
My approach
I use a combination of the following modalities: insight-oriented, psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, and trauma-focused.
My focus
I typically work with clients who have depression, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiance, conduct disorder, and I specialize in treating children and adults who have been raised in religious families.
My communication style
I am kind, sensitive, direct, and assertive. I urge clients to be honest if something is that offends them. The therapeutic alliance is not without ruptures; sometimes there is conflict but when processed it leads to deeper insight and awareness across the span of all of the client's human relationships.
My journey to mental healthcare
I was mentored from a young age by great leaders who motivated me to explore my life's purpose and the trajectory of my life changed because of it. I learned of the helping profession following my undergraduate education while volunteering for a sexual assault crisis response team. This led me to pursue graduate studies shortly after. Ultimately, I aim to inspire, motivate, explore, and process with clients to assist them with fulfilling their ultimate life's purpose in the same way that this was done for me. I am a firm believer in the notion that everyone has a gift to offer the world so setbacks must be explored to launch you into your destiny. The greatness already lies within YOU.
My goals for you
Following assessment and discussion of present difficulties, I ask the client where they would like to begin.
My first session with you
Who wants to meet with a therapist and delve into all of the problems at the forefront? Many people do not. For this reason, initial sessions are intentionally geared towards the development of rapport— getting to know each other. The biggest contributing factor related to whether a person progresses in treatment, is linked to their alliance with their therapist. If a person does not like their therapist, or if their therapist makes them feel uncomfortable, it is highly unlikely that they will gain what it is they came in search of. The initial session will be to assess what is going on so that I know how to best treat you.
