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LaShundra Vines is a Licensed Professional Counselor located in Lawrenceville, GA who offers sessions to individuals and couples of all ages. She has over 20 years of experience working in the mental health field, and specializes in supporting those facing anxiety, depression, and overwhelming levels of stress. She is passionate about working with members of the LGBTQ community as well as those who would like to break generational trauma or heal from family conflict.
LaShundra’s approach to therapy begins with deep conversation, encouraging clients to talk through their backgrounds and their current challenges with their mental health. She builds strong trust with her clients and teaches them how to look for insight from their feelings and their behaviors. Clients learn skills from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which can be useful in moments of distress or when clients begin to feel like their emotions are becoming difficult to manage. She is an empathetic, empowering, and communicative therapist who provides perspective on the connection between a person’s past and present issues.
LaShundra earned a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Troy University. Throughout her career, she’s worked in hospitals, community programs, schools, and more. These experiences give her expertise when it comes to connecting with diverse clients and helping them to improve their mental health and to heal their emotional wounds.
Years of Experience: 22 years
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Couples counseling - Addressing relationship challenges and life transitions; strengthening communication and feelings of security, desire, connection, and love
Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life
LGBTQIA, gender, & sexuality topics - Exploring topics of sexuality, gender, and identity; coping with discrimination and oppression; navigating relationship, family, and cultural challenges
Trauma - Coping and healing after threatening or scary events, such as witnessing accidents or experiencing sexual, verbal, emotional, or physical abuse
Work stress - Managing overwhelming stress and expectations; increasing effective ways of restoring and maintaining emotional stability and health; addressing challenging relationships with coworkers and bosses
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