About LaDerida
LaDerida Stokes-Roberts is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing trauma, grief, low self-esteem, career struggles, and attention concerns like ADHD. She has 15 years of experience and aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone looking for support. She focuses on practical, short-term strategies that people can use day to day.
Sessions often include clear goals, problem-solving, and ways to build on existing strengths. LaDerida emphasizes collaboration and respects that each person knows their own story.
Background and approach
Her work commonly addresses reactions after abuse or loss. She also helps people who are feeling stuck at work, struggling with motivation, or trying to improve concentration and memory. Conversations may include ways to reduce impulsivity and improve communication in stressful situations.
LaDerida uses approaches that focus on changing unhelpful thinking and building small, achievable habits. She draws on techniques that help people set realistic goals and stay motivated while processing difficult memories. The emphasis is on usable tools rather than long, vague plans.
Clients can expect a calm, straightforward style. Sessions move at a practical pace and prioritize what matters most to the person in front of her. She works in English and is licensed in Florida as an LMHC.
Approaches that translate well to online care
LaDerida uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. CBT can help with attention difficulties, low mood, worry, and unhelpful habits.She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help people find internal reasons to change and to build momentum toward goals. This approach is useful when someone feels stuck or unmotivated about work, focus, or healthy routines.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and decide collaboratively which methods to try. Plans can be adjusted as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging help with shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These formats let people fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving routines, or days when stepping out is difficult while still working on clear goals and new skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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