Dr. J'Kea Starks, LPC

Dr. J'Kea Starks is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Mississippi. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, substance and process addictions, and the emotional fallout from trauma. She aims to create a straightforward, nonjudgmental space where people can name what they are feeling and start planning next steps.

With six years of experience, she uses practical strategies that people can try between sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that maintain distress. She also uses client-centered and mindfulness approaches to help people feel heard and more able to notice the moment-to-moment experience.

Her work includes supporting people facing family problems, relationship strain, caregiver stress, anger, and life transitions. She addresses issues such as ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, post-traumatic stress, and complications like guilt, shame, isolation, and emptiness. She also helps people dealing with sexual assault and self-harm concerns.

Sessions are aimed at building clear goals and small, doable steps toward those goals. Dr. Starks tends to combine listening with concrete tools like thought records, behavioral experiments, and grounding practices. She encourages clients to bring what matters most to them and to collaborate on a plan that fits their life.

People connect with her for both short-term problem solving and longer work on patterns that keep returning. Her approach is practical, empathetic, and focused on helping people feel steadier and more able to move forward.

How her approaches work online

Dr. Starks commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy alongside mindfulness practices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and testing thoughts that lead to anxiety, depression, or unhelpful behaviors and then trying small changes to see what helps. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and meeting people where they are, giving space to talk without judgment while the person sets the pace. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding exercises to reduce reactivity and increase calm in daily life.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to pick strategies that fit their goals, values, and daily routine. Together they try techniques, check what helps, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with her can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversation time. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit short updates, quick coaching, or ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit counseling into work, caregiving, or school schedules while keeping the focus on practical change.