Shanika Katara Jones

Shanika Katara Jones, LMHC, is a Florida-licensed clinician with seven years of professional practice. She works with people experiencing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, depression, low self esteem, and difficulty coping with life changes. Her practice emphasizes collaborative work to identify practical steps and deeper patterns that affect daily functioning and relationships.

Her clinical interests also include attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, communication and control issues, substance use and domestic violence, family of origin dynamics, and multicultural considerations. She draws from a range of clinical approaches including client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral methods, EMDR, mindfulness practices, existential reflection, and psychodynamic exploration to address mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, seasonal affective disorder, and issues tied to life purpose or midlife transitions.

Shanika seeks to create an open and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. She frames beginning therapy as a courageous step and positions herself as a supportive collaborator in the process of pursuing a more satisfying and balanced life.