shena lashey

Hi, I’m Shena.

I teach women the patterns that will help them attract relationships where they are valued and respected.

Sometimes, my clients are the ones who look like they have everything perfect from the outside but are secretly struggling and cannot get their patterns under control.

Sometimes my clients don’t look so great on the outside. They have been struggling with depression, compulsive sexual behaviors, relationships that aren’t going anywhere, and crippling anxiety. There may be unresolved traumas in your life that are super scary to confront because what if you do and you lose control?

Whatever your reason for arriving, I’d love to help you find relief and get you best life worth living.

I have successfully helped men and women:

  • break free from addictive relationships and porn or sex addictions

  • recover from partner betrayal due to infidelity or addiction

  • identify and create safety from emotional and verbal abuse

  • stop the pattern of being attracted to impossible and unavailable partners

  • gain control of their emotions

  • change from being defensive and walled to open and available

  • heal from unresolved trauma

  • restore themselves to joy from depression

  • create life goals and steps to achieve them

About My Training:

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with years of training in Marriage and Family Therapy. I specialize in sex and love addictions and work with those who want to leave codependency behind and/or learn how to engage in healthy relationships. With my training in marriage and family therapy, I am an ideal fit for those wanting to improve their romantic relationships.

I am also intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy which is the leading treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder. I work with both adults and teenagers, and I love helping my clients rediscover who they are and find control over parts of their lives that have become unmanageable.

Treatment focuses include providing a safe, non judgmental environment to build coping skills to manage depression, anxiety, impulsivity, grief, anger management, self esteem issues, and related relationship concerns. As an African American therapist, it is also my goal to provide culturally competent therapy to any clients who are persons of color.

In addition to adults, I specialize in working with adolescents. I have been counseling teenagers for 8 years, and I work to maintain that each of my clients feel honored and treated as an individual while balancing the parent and family involvement. I believe that true change is maintained by healthy communication between parents and kids.

When I’m not providing therapy, I love spending time with my husband who is my best friend, mentoring teenagers, lindy-hop (swing-dancing), and traveling to new places!