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Shatema Mason, LCSW
Florida
LCSW - Stress and Anxiety support
See online therapy options- Client-centered approach
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Motivational interviewing
About Shatema
Shatema Mason is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with five years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and major life changes. Shatema also focuses on communication problems, self-love, and social anxiety and phobia.
Shatema approaches work from a client-centered perspective. She treats the person in front of her as the expert on their own story. Sessions typically involve listening, reflecting, and helping clients identify practical next steps they can try between meetings.
She uses straightforward methods to notice unhelpful thoughts and habits. That can include looking at patterns that keep problems going and trying small, concrete experiments to test new ways of responding. The goal is to build skills people can use day to day to reduce distress and increase functioning.
Shatema prefers short-term, goal-oriented work when that fits the client's needs. She also supports clients who need more open-ended exploration over time. Meetings are collaborative: she helps set goals, track progress, and adjust plans as needed.
Shatema practices in Florida and provides therapy in English. To begin, a person completes a brief matching questionnaire and schedules a first session. Her sessions operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How CBT and client-centered work online
Shatema uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help notice unhelpful thoughts and change unhelpful habits. CBT focuses on specific thoughts and behaviors and includes practical exercises clients can try between sessions to test what helps with anxiety or low mood.She also uses a client-centered approach that prioritizes the client's perspective. That means sessions begin by listening to the client's goals, then choosing methods together. Motivational Interviewing is used when people want to clarify goals or find internal reasons to change, using guided conversation rather than advice.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shatema will discuss goals, preferences, and how much structure someone wants, then adjust methods as needed. The decision about which methods to use is made collaboratively over the first few sessions.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Many people use sessions to practice skills in real life between meetings and then review how those experiments went during the next session.
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Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and coping with life changes, plus issues like communication problems, self-love, and social anxiety.
How does she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered. She treats the client as the expert and guides practical steps and decisions together.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of professional experience and holds the LCSW credential.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is a Florida LCSW and practices in Florida.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Sessions use a subscription model and the subscription can be canceled at any time; costs may vary by location.
What are the steps to get started?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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