Shakina Small

Shakina Small, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania with 26 years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through a wide range of concerns. She works in English and brings extensive background across many settings, including prisons, schools, churches, residential treatment programs, group homes, inpatient and outpatient care, and foster care.

Her work has included helping people navigate trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, career challenges, learning disabilities, and issues affecting teens, youth, and adoptees, as well as marital, couples, and family stress. She also draws from her lived perspective as an abuse survivor, adoptee, and once a young mother, with a focus on helping clients recognize the roots of harmful patterns and create lasting change rather than feeling stuck in the impact of past hurts.

Shakina’s style is empathetic, engaging, and educational, and when needed, direct in a caring way that supports growth. She aims to treat each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, offering space to talk openly about difficult and deeply personal experiences. Her approach is eclectic, integrating multiple techniques and theories to best fit each client, including Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Existential Therapy. When requested, she also provides Christian-based therapy for those seeking a holistic, faith-informed approach.