Dr. Shaketha Blankenship

Dr. Shaketha Blankenship is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 25 years of experience. She brings a steady, reassuring presence to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, anger, and other life challenges.

Her approach centers on building trust and offering nonjudgmental support. She believes people already have strengths and skills they can use, and she helps them find practical ways to apply those resources. Sessions aim to be encouraging and goal-oriented.

Clinically, she uses a mix of methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy. Those tools are used to address depression, ADHD, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, and parenting stress among other issues.

She also works with concerns related to LGBTQ identity, compassion fatigue, intimacy-related issues, career changes, and coping with life transitions. The focus is on helping each person identify concrete steps they can take to feel steadier and more in control.

Dr. Blankenship emphasizes collaboration in sessions. She offers practical techniques, guided reflection, and supportive feedback to help people move toward their goals. To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and schedule a session based on availability.

How her approaches work in online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values, even when feelings are difficult. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace to build confidence and clarity. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to increase awareness of thoughts and emotions and reduce reactivity.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods as needed. This is a collaborative process where the person’s needs guide the plan.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments during work breaks or between errands. It also makes it simpler to use brief check-ins or longer sessions depending on what is helpful for progress.