About Jakara
Jakara Scurry is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who focuses on practical support for everyday problems. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, career questions, and low self-esteem. Her tone is direct and caring, aimed at people who want clear steps forward.
She shapes each session around the person in front of her rather than a single method. Sessions include simple strategies from evidence-based techniques and moments to reflect and make new choices.
How Jakara works
Jakara pays attention to how culture and background affect goals and feelings. Jakara has five years of clinical experience working with issues like drug and alcohol use, mood disorders, communication problems, and struggles with guilt or forgiveness. She combines practical coping tools with conversations about meaning and life purpose.
That mix helps people manage symptoms and make value-driven changes. Her work often includes short-term skill building and longer conversations about identity, multicultural concerns, and self-love. She aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak honestly about hard topics.
Sessions are meant to be collaborative and goal-oriented. People who choose Jakara can expect straightforward language and a focus on usable tools. If you want a therapist who considers culture and everyday realities while helping you set realistic goals, she may be a good fit.
What Jakara works with
The areas below are the ones Jakara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work and change
Jakara draws from cognitive-behavioral ideas that focus on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. CBT-style techniques break problems into small steps and teach practical skills for daily life.She also uses mindfulness practices that bring attention to the present moment and help manage stress and cravings. These exercises are short and can be practiced between sessions to build steady coping habits.
Finding the right approach is something she does together with each person. She listens to your goals, tries methods that fit your style, and adjusts plans over time so the work feels useful and realistic.
If you are interested in online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions match everyday life more easily. Licensed professionals can adapt tools like CBT and mindfulness to work well in an online setting when that format is offered.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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