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Shacoya Graham

Restoring connection and family balance

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Credentials
LMFT
Experience
5 years
Licensed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Shacoya

Shacoya Graham is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on family and parenting concerns, relationships, addictions, trauma, and bipolar-related challenges. She speaks plain, direct language and aims to make the first steps toward help feel manageable. Her approach is respectful and compassionate, and she adapts conversations to each person's situation.

In sessions she listens first to what matters most to the person or family. She helps identify patterns that cause pain and works with clients to try different ways of responding.

Background and approach

That can include learning new communication habits, setting clearer boundaries, or addressing substance use and its effects on relationships. Her toolbox draws from attachment-based work, client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral strategies, and emotionally-focused methods. These methods are used to improve connection, reduce anxiety or reactivity, and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of family life.

Shacoya uses a practical style. Conversations are focused and paced to each client's needs. She builds on strengths already present in the family or relationship and sets small, achievable steps for change.

She holds an LMFT credential, licensed in North Carolina. Shacoya has five years of professional experience helping people manage relationship conflict, addiction concerns, trauma, and other family-related struggles.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how relationships shape feelings of safety and trust. Online sessions using this approach look at how family members connect and respond to each other, helping people build more reliable emotional bonds. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In online CBT sessions clients learn skills to manage distressing thoughts and try small behavior changes between meetings.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked before. Together they decide whether attachment work, CBT, emotionally-focused methods, or a mix will be the best fit for the issue at hand.

Online formats offer flexibility for busy family lives. Sessions can take place by video call for face-to-face conversation, by phone for shorter check-ins, or through live chat and text messaging for ongoing support and quick coping tools. These options make it easier to fit therapy into school schedules, work hours, and other obligations while maintaining regular contact with a licensed professional.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?
She works with addictions, relationship and family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and bipolar-related issues, plus related areas like communication, codependency, and blended family challenges.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Sessions are conversational and practical. The therapist listens closely, helps spot unhelpful patterns, and focuses on small, usable changes for families and relationships.
What kind of experience does she have?
The therapist has five years of professional experience working with the listed concerns and focus areas.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LMFT - licensed marriage and family therapist - with license number NC LMFT 2527, and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How do I get started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
5 years
Licensed
North Carolina
Languages
English

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