About Lashanda
Dr. Lashanda Baylor is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Mississippi with 23 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, and other mood concerns.
Her style is straightforward and goal-focused, and she aims to make sessions practical and useful. Dr. Baylor frames therapy around each person's needs.
She uses clear, hands-on techniques to break problems into manageable steps. Sessions typically focus on skills people can use between meetings to handle overwhelming feelings and impulses.
Background and approach
Her background spans decades of working with substance use, mood disorders, self-harm risk, and women’s issues. She holds a Master of Science and practices with the LPC credential. That experience shapes a calm, experienced approach to complex situations.
In the room, she combines client-centered conversations with structured tools drawn from cognitive approaches. That mix helps people rethink unhelpful thoughts, practice new behaviors, and manage emotional reactions more effectively. She also brings attachment-aware perspectives to relationship and trauma work.
Dr. Baylor offers a collaborative process. She and the person she is working with set goals together and track progress over time.
Her aim is to help people feel more in control and better able to handle day-to-day challenges.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Dr. Baylor commonly blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening carefully and shaping the conversation around the person's priorities so they feel heard and respected. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and teaches practical skills to change behavior and reduce distress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is tracked. The aim is to try strategies that fit daily life and make measurable differences over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, skill practice, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a routine and to maintain continuity of care across locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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