Maisa Shelmire

Maisa Shelmire is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Louisiana. She brings 19 years of professional experience to sessions and aims to create a respectful, sensitive space for people facing anger, stress, anxiety, depression, and related concerns. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and focuses on practical steps people can use in daily life.

She draws on methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to address thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She also integrates psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that started earlier in life. Sessions can include symptom-focused work and deeper reflection depending on a person's goals.

Her background includes work in psychotherapy, crisis intervention, clinical interviewing, and psychological and personality testing. She has experience with trauma and abuse, family conflict, grief, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and anger management. That range informs how she tailors plans for each person.

Maisa has military experience from long service in the Louisiana Army National Guard, where she served as a Behavioral Health Officer. That experience influences her approach to stress, first responder issues, and fatherhood or family-of-origin topics when those come up.

She describes therapy as a tailored dialogue. People who come for support can expect practical tools, openness to exploring deeper patterns, and an emphasis on workable change that fits everyday life.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Maisa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; this approach is useful for anger, anxiety, and depression. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change and build motivation in small steps. Psychodynamic ideas are used to notice repeating relationship and family patterns that influence current reactions and emotions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to emphasize. That plan can change as people try strategies and learn what helps them most.

Confirm available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific online or in-person formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some people find it simpler to maintain momentum with regular online appointments, while others prefer to alternate types of sessions based on what suits day-to-day life.