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As someone who has experienced personal loss, including the passing of my father in April 2021 and my grandmother in July 2022, I ...
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As someone who has experienced personal loss, including the passing of my father in April 2021 and my grandmother in July 2022, I bring a compassionate, authentic understanding of grief while creating a safe and supportive space for clients to heal and grow.
I am a licensed professional counselor and clinical director with extensive experience supporting adolescents, adults, and families navigating trauma, depression, anxiety, and life transitions. I work with clients who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about their next steps, and who are seeking healing, clarity, and emotional stability. My goal is to provide a supportive, client-centered space where individuals can build coping skills, process challenges, and move toward a healthier, more balanced life.
I use a client-centered, trauma-informed approach integrating CBT, coping skills, and strengths-based techniques. I specialize in trauma, grief, and emotional regulation, helping clients build insight, develop healthy coping strategies, and feel empowered to create meaningful, lasting change.
You don’t have to navigate life’s challenges alone—I am here to support you with compassion, understanding, and practical tools for change. When you’re ready, I invite you to take that first step toward healing and becoming the best version of yourself.
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As a black woman, I understand and can identify unique issues affecting our society today....
As a black woman, I understand and can identify unique issues affecting our society today.
Ella Bradford is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 33 years of experience. She specializes in treating depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, abuse, relationship issues, anger management, stress, and other life issues in adults and seniors.
Ella completed her Master's degree in Social Work at Grambling State University. She has worked as a Family Intervention Specialist at BAFB providing counseling to the Airmen. Ella has also worked in the medical field of Social work. Ella's life experiences, coupled with her professional experiences provide Ella the insight and guidance to provide assistance to her clients. Ella utilizes client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and dialectical behavior therapy.
Change is a part of the life cycle. Ella has confidence that she is able to support and assist you with motivation to improve your mental health and overall well-being. Ella is able to work with clients from various socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, and provides supportive counseling, helping them to set goals that are attainable. If you are ready to do the work, schedule an appointment with her today.
As someone who understands how life's challenges can affect our emotional well-being, I am passionate about helping others build r...
As someone who understands how life's challenges can affect our emotional well-being, I am passionate about helping others build resilience, strengthen relationships, and find hope through evidence-based, compassionate care.
Hello, I'm Katrenia White-Law, MA, LCPC, a Licensed Professional Counselor dedicated to helping individuals, couples, families, and adolescents navigate life's challenges with compassion, evidence-based care, and practical solutions. With years of experience in behavioral health, community mental health, family systems, substance use treatment, and telehealth counseling, I have had the privilege of working with clients facing anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, grief, relationship conflict, addiction, life transitions, emotional regulation difficulties, and family stress.
Many of the people I work with come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, disconnected, or uncertain about how to move forward. Others are seeking healthier relationships, improved communication, greater self-confidence, recovery from addiction, or effective coping strategies to manage stress and create lasting change.
My goal is to provide a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where clients feel safe to explore their experiences, build resilience, develop new skills, and move toward healing, hope, and a more fulfilling life.
As a licensed therapist, I am committed to building authentic connections and helping clients navigate life's challenges with conf...
As a licensed therapist, I am committed to building authentic connections and helping clients navigate life's challenges with confidence, self-awareness, and hope.
I am Ashley Maeshack, a licensed professional counselor (LPC) dedicated to helping individuals navigate life's challenges. I earned my master's degree in counseling from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and have experience working with adolescents and adults. I specialize in supporting clients experiencing anxiety, depression, behavioral concerns, trauma, stress, life transitions, and emotional challenges. My therapeutic approach is compassionate, collaborative, and tailored to each client's needs and goals. I believe that healing begins in a safe, supportive environment where clients feel heard, understood, and empowered.
I use a collaborative, strengths-based approach that integrates CBT, DBT, Trauma-Focused CBT, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Narrative Therapy. Clients can expect a supportive environment focused on building coping skills, resilience, and lasting positive change.
Taking the first step toward change can feel overwhelming, but you do not have to face life's challenges alone. I am committed to providing a safe, supportive space where you can heal, grow, and build on your strengths. If you're ready to begin your journey toward greater well-being, I look forward to supporting you along the way.
Drawing from both professional training and personal experiences with family challenges and loss, I am dedicated to creating a saf...
Drawing from both professional training and personal experiences with family challenges and loss, I am dedicated to creating a safe space where clients feel heard, seen and supported.
Hello, my name is Gabrielle Newton, MSN, PMHNP-BC. Born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, I've always appreciated volunteering, animal activism, and nature. My passion for mental health began early as I watched a loved one struggle with Alzheimer's disease, inspiring me to pursue this career. I earned my B.S. in Nursing in 2013 and became a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in 2021 at Northwestern State University. I treat children, adolescents, and adults for anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, insomnia, and mood-related disorders, with specialized experience in postpartum depression, anxiety, and psychosis.
I take a comprehensive approach: medication management, therapy, lifestyle interventions, and evaluation of underlying medical conditions. I discuss evidence-based natural options when appropriate, emphasize lab monitoring and physical health, and encourage medication with therapy. Journaling and self-help resources can help when therapy isn't available.
Life can be challenging, and seeking help is often the hardest step. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, or postpartum concerns, you don't have to face it alone. I believe every person's story matters, and I'm committed to meeting you where you are without judgment. You don't need to have it all figured out. Make peace of mind your priority.
You deserve dedicated time with a mental health professional — it can be life-changing.
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Grief and loss counseling helps people grieve difficult losses including the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, or the end of a relationship. It helps people navigate their grief process and eventually accept, understand, and move forward from their loss. Thriveworks grief therapists in Shreveport, LA have specific experience, training, and skills that enable them to best support grieving individuals.
Grief and loss counseling isn’t one-size-fits-all, but it involves sharing about your loss and then working with your counselor to acknowledge and accept your new reality in its wake. Your provider at Thriveworks in Shreveport, LA will design your treatment plan around your unique needs and goals for therapy, applying the counseling techniques that best support them.
If you have recently experienced an event like the death of a loved one, a breakup or divorce, the loss of a job, or another major life change, then you may want to seek grief and loss counseling. Grief can be caused by many experiences and events, so if you feel that you are having trouble moving on from a certain event or find that it is still impacting your life and functioning, grief and loss counseling can help you process it more effectively so that you can move on and once again find fulfillment and satisfaction in your life.
There are many counseling theories for treating grief, one of the most frequently used being the dual process model of grief which helps people acknowledge who or what they’ve lost through rumination while also adjusting to the new roles and identities that this loss has now placed on them. There are also many commonly used therapy approaches used in grief and loss counseling, including Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and traumatic grief therapy.
Grief & loss counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
For many, grief and loss counseling lasts for about 6 months. For others, it may last shorter or longer, depending on the severity of their loss and their grief.
Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy
Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Shreveport is located near Youree Dr and E 70th St, off LA-1. It is right by the LSU Shreveport campus and a short distance from Willis Knighton Pierremont Hospital.
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