Goldie Oakes

Goldie Oakes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a clinical career that began in 2006. She works with people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or weighed down by life events and emotional experiences that can interfere with daily functioning, motivation, and relationships. Her aim is to support clients in moving toward greater peace, joy, and happiness while building practical tools for lasting change.

Her counseling style is strong and eclectic, drawing primarily from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Enhancement Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Within this framework, she helps clients address concerns such as anxiety, social anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and loss, relationship challenges, self-image and self-esteem, anger management, and impulse control, including self-harm behaviors.

For clients who are comfortable with it, Goldie also incorporates a holistic and Christian perspective, including mindfulness and relaxation practices, as well as prayer and scripture. She may invite between-session work such as journaling, self-reflective writing, reading Christian literature or specific scripture, and practicing CBT and DBT strategies at home and in the community. She emphasizes ongoing self-evaluation and self-reflection alongside her clinical assessment, supporting clients as they define or redefine their relationship with Christ while working toward improved well-being individually and within family dynamics.