Shashana Carter, LCSW-C, LICSW

Shashana Carter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who draws on client-centered work to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, and jealousy. She holds LCSW-C in Maryland and LICSW in Massachusetts and brings six years of clinical experience working with adults. Her style is warm, direct, and focused on practical steps people can use right away.

Shashana listens carefully and helps people set realistic goals. She uses straightforward conversation and honest feedback to identify obstacles and build solution-focused plans. Sessions often focus on day-to-day coping, communication, and improving emotional regulation.

Her background includes work in social services, probation settings, and opioid maintenance centers. That experience informs a practical approach to problem solving and to navigating systems that affect health and wellbeing. She has supported people through grief, trauma, addictions, and life transitions.

In session she blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she centers the person's concerns, then looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Together the therapist and client try out small changes and track what helps.

Shashana also addresses issues around intimacy, family conflict, body image, and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar. She supports people facing career strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD challenges, and questions about identity. Clients who want concrete tools for coping and clearer communication tend to find her approach useful.

How client-centered care and CBT work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and understanding each person’s goals. The therapist follows the client's lead and creates space for honest conversation about feelings and relationships.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change patterns that drive anxiety, depression, or jealousy.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs and goals. That means checking what helps, adjusting as needed, and combining listening with real-world practice.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals can use a mix of conversational support and CBT-style homework to keep progress moving between meetings.