Therapist profile
Lakia Belle, LPC
Connecticut
LPC counselor - stress and relationships
Continue with LakiaWhere Lakia stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Connecticut / 46.002112
- NPI
- 1316218969
- Experience
- 19 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Connecticut
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Codependency concerns
About Lakia
Lakia Belle is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Connecticut with 19 years of clinical counseling experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, and depression. She also supports people dealing with codependency, abandonment, communication problems, and the fallout from divorce or infidelity.
She helps people who feel isolated or stuck regain clearer thinking about relationships and life direction. Sessions often focus on practical steps to manage strong emotions, reduce impulsive reactions, and handle everyday family conflicts. Lakia also addresses trauma-related concerns including post-traumatic stress and responses to natural or human-caused disasters.
Her practice includes parenting support and guidance for those navigating midlife transitions or questioning life purpose. She integrates spiritual and biblical perspectives when clients request that focus, alongside other evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Lakia works with individuals from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
Clients can expect straightforward conversation about what is happening now and what concrete changes might help. She uses approaches supported by research to build emotion regulation skills, improve communication, and strengthen coping strategies. Work in sessions is collaborative and aims at steps people can try between meetings.
To start, a client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a first session. Lakia practices in Connecticut and conducts sessions in English.
How sessions work
How her evidence-based approaches work for online sessions
Two common evidence-based techniques she uses are skills-based emotion regulation work and trauma-focused strategies. Emotion regulation work teaches concrete tools to notice and manage intense feelings, which helps with anger, impulsivity, and anxiety. Trauma-focused strategies help people process reactions that follow frightening or overwhelming events and reduce ongoing stress responses.She also integrates communication skill building, which focuses on practical ways to speak up, set boundaries, and repair strained interactions. These approaches are applied in short, clear exercises and discussion so clients can try new behaviors between sessions. Choosing the best approach is collaborative; she will talk with each person about goals, try methods, and adjust based on what feels most useful.
Confirm current session formats before booking, as they are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into work breaks, reduce travel time, or choose a quieter setting with fewer interruptions. It can also let someone use shorter check-ins when that fits their schedule. The therapist will discuss which format and pacing fit a client's life and goals.
Areas of focus
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Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Connecticut
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, parenting, anger, and depression, and also supports people dealing with codependency, abandonment, and relationship fallout.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and focuses on practical steps to manage emotions, improve communication, and develop coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 19 years of experience in clinical counseling working with adults from varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Connecticut.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here; confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs structured?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.