- Trauma informed
- Goal focused
- Strengths based
About LaDerida
LaDerida Stokes-Roberts is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing trauma and abuse, grief and loss, low self-esteem, career struggles, and attention challenges. Her style is straightforward and respectful, and she focuses on practical steps that fit into everyday life.
She uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Motivational Interviewing is part of her approach when clients need help finding their own motivation and direction. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set clear, short-term goals and track progress in ways that feel manageable.
Clients can expect a collaborative tone in sessions. The therapist treats each person as the expert on their own story and works with their strengths. Sessions aim to build skills, improve focus, and support decision making around work, relationships, and parenting roles such as fatherhood or caregiver responsibilities.
LaDerida also brings attention to adoption and foster care concerns and attachment issues when they are relevant. She works with people dealing with family conflict, separation, forgiveness work, or workplace stress. Practical coping strategies and short-term goal plans are common parts of the process.
Her background emphasizes clear, usable techniques rather than long academic explanations. If someone is ready to start, the next step is a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability.
How her approaches translate to online care
LaDerida uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify patterns of thought and behavior that get in the way. CBT focuses on small, practical changes you can try between sessions to improve mood and attention. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to help clients find their own reasons for change and build momentum toward goals.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what methods feel most useful. Together they adjust techniques and pacing so the work fits the client's needs and everyday life.
The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when that suits a schedule. It also can help people keep continuity of care when they are traveling or living outside the state. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and Motivational Interviewing to these settings and focus on practical steps you can use between sessions.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, career difficulties, and ADHD-related focus problems. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care issues, attachment struggles, caregiver stress, and workplace challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions emphasize skills you can use between meetings and short-term goals that build toward larger change.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience working in mental health settings. That background includes helping people cope with trauma, grief, motivation, and concentration concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds the LMHC credential and is licensed in Florida. Her practice is based in Florida.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She does accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available.
How does cost work for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.