Shamikia McGhee, MS, ALPC, NCC

My clients describe me as:

Caring, open-minded, non-judgmental, creative, and down to earth

Something to know about my approach is:

My clinical approach is experiential which allow the client to use expressive tools to recreate specific situations from the past and present. I believe that therapy should be a therapeutic, creative, and meaningful healing journey.

Together, we will:

Find creative tools that will help assist you in your healing journey to be able to share the current issue/problem that may be hindering you from living a meaningful lifestyle while building a collaborative client-therapist relationship.

I specialize in working with people who:

I specialize in working with client's that may be experiencing anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues. I also specialize in working with African males and females with breaking the stigma of mental health treatment in our community.

I became a therapist because:

I became a therapist because growing up there were very few African American in the counseling profession and I wanted to change the stigma.

Something that stands out about where I offer therapy is:

Ellie Mental Health strive to make mental healthcare available to all clients by offering options as insurance, self-pay or sliding scale.

More about me and my practice:

Our goal at Ellie Mental Health is to change the stigma about mental health by matching each client with a therapist that have similar commonalities to enhance the therapeutic experience.