Garika Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has worked in mental health since 2014.
01About Garika
Garika Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has worked in mental health since 2014. She practices from Virginia and brings ten years of experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and life transitions. She helps people facing depression, ADHD, and bipolar mood concerns.
She also supports people wrestling with addictions, grief, sleep problems, and compassion fatigue. Sexuality and sexual health topics are within her focus as well. In sessions she aims to create a nonjudgmental place to talk through whatever is happening.
Background and approach
She uses practical, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address day-to-day struggles and longer-term patterns. Sessions are a mix of listening, reflection, and concrete steps the person can try between meetings. Garika has experience helping with relationship and intimacy-related issues, communication and commitment concerns, and blended family or parenting stress.
She also works with people affected by chronic illness, caregiver burden, adoption and foster care issues, and abandonment or attachment worries. Her practice offers a straightforward approach to therapy that balances empathy with practical strategies. People can expect clear goals and collaborative planning to manage symptoms, improve relationships, and cope with major life changes.
02Credentials
- LPC (Virginia)
- License 0701007369 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1922511674 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Garika lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
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04Online support
How evidence-based methods translate to online care
Garika works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach emphasizes skills training and behavioral strategies to reduce anxiety and manage ADHD symptoms; this involves building routines, practicing coping skills, and testing small changes in daily life. Another approach targets mood and depressive symptoms by identifying unhelpful thinking and shifting patterns through guided conversation and homework exercises.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and then suggest techniques to try. Together they will track what helps and adjust the plan as needed so the work fits the client's life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper exchanges. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people exchange thoughts between sessions and keep momentum when a full session isn't possible. These options improve flexibility and can help people maintain steady progress.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, sleep problems, and compassion fatigue, along with intimacy and relationship issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is direct and compassionate. Sessions combine listening with practical steps and problem-solving to address immediate needs and longer-term patterns.
How long has she practiced?
She has been working in the mental health field since 2014, bringing around ten years of experience to her counseling practice.
Where is this therapist based and what credential do they hold?
She is based in Virginia and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, abbreviated as LPC.
Can I have sessions in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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