Kaniecia Mixon , LMFT

Kaniecia Mixon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of clinical experience supporting individuals, children, adolescents, and families through a wide range of challenges. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Counseling/Marriage and Family Therapy, and her work has focused on crisis stabilization, creating safety plans, developing coping skills, and strengthening natural supports for lasting change.

Her experience includes providing therapy and behavioral support to young people ages 5 to 19, serving as a Therapeutic Behavioral Services clinician by offering case management and parenting strategies, and supervising clinical staff who deliver therapeutic services to clients from birth through early adulthood. She has worked extensively with depression, anxiety, ADHD, trauma related to physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, parenting and blended family issues, grief, relationship difficulties, eating and body image concerns, and caregiver stress.

Mixon’s therapeutic stance is warm, authentic, and collaborative. She practices from a trauma-informed, strengths-based perspective and takes an eclectic approach that adapts person-centered care, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, mindfulness practices, solution-focused strategies, and psychodynamic ideas as appropriate. She tailors treatment plans to each person’s needs and often incorporates art, creativity, and play to engage clients and support growth. Mixon aims to walk alongside clients as they identify goals, build skills, and move toward more fulfilling lives.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Support and Growth

Client-centered therapy emphasizes the client’s own goals and perspective, offering a supportive space where the therapist helps the person explore values, strengths, and choices. This approach is often helpful for relationship concerns, self-esteem work, and navigating life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is practical and skills-oriented, and it can be effective for anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness skills. DBT can be especially useful for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and developing coping strategies for high-stress moments.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Mixon works collaboratively with each person to determine what fits best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She partners with clients to adjust techniques over time so therapy stays aligned with what is most helpful.

Online therapy with licensed professionals and therapists offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options allow people to receive regular support from different locations and on schedules that suit their lives, making it easier to maintain momentum and practice skills between sessions.