About KaShava
KaShava Coston is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in the District of Columbia with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or depression and those navigating life changes. She also supports adults managing attention-deficit challenges and the daily effects of ADHD.
Her work centers on building self-understanding and practical skills. She helps people improve communication and develop stronger self-love. Sessions focus on real-life goals and steps that fit each person’s situation.
Background and approach
KaShava uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the process. She aims to create a warm, affirming environment where clients can name problems, spot patterns, and try different strategies. She pays attention to each person’s culture and lived experience when shaping treatment.
Typical sessions include setting clear goals, practicing communication tools, and developing routines that support focus and mood. She also helps people clarify purpose and take small steps toward meaningful change. Progress is tracked through practical exercises and regular review.
Clients who do best with her approach want actionable tools and a supportive conversation style. She balances empathy with structure to help people move from feeling stuck to making steady progress.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
KaShava works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and structure. One common approach she uses teaches practical skills for managing anxiety and depression, such as short behavioral experiments, mood tracking, and step-by-step activity scheduling. These tools help reduce avoidance and lift low mood through small, achievable changes.She also emphasizes strategies for attention and organizational support relevant to ADHD. This includes breaking tasks into manageable steps, creating simple routines, and using external prompts to improve follow-through and focus. These techniques are designed to fit into everyday life and make daily tasks more manageable.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review your goals, preferences, and daily challenges and then recommend methods that match what you want to accomplish. This is a collaborative process and plans are adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase convenience. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins and ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
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