Lavon Clark , LCSW

Lavon Clark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Oklahoma who brings six years of clinical mental health experience and a lifelong commitment to supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families. She helps clients navigate mental health, medical, educational, and social systems while collaboratively developing plans of care designed to improve overall health and well being. Her clinical work includes support for ADHD, anger, anxiety, attachment disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, emotion regulation, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and family conflict.

Clark's dedication to helping others stems from more than four decades in the helping professions, including roles as a licensed child care provider, a licensed therapeutic foster parent for teen female youth, a paraprofessional working with children with special needs, and a mental health aide supporting adults with special needs. She has worked in the mental health field as a licensed master social worker and, for the past six years, as a licensed clinical social worker. Her academic background includes an Associate of General Studies with a focus on Early Childhood Education, a Bachelor of Science in Social Work, and a Master of Science in Social Work.

Clinically she uses a Person-In-Environment (PIE) framework to center what matters most to each client while incorporating evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Her toolkit includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivation Interviewing to tailor care to individual goals. Clark emphasizes a collaborative, strengths-based approach, helping clients identify priorities and take courageous steps toward the changes they want to make.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care with Lavon Clark

Lavon Clark integrates the Person-In-Environment (PIE) framework to understand how a person’s relationships, community, and environments influence their well being. PIE helps identify practical changes in daily systems that support progress across life areas. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to explore connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to build coping skills for anxiety, depression, and emotion regulation. Trauma-Focused Therapy offers tools to address the effects of traumatic experiences and supports processing trauma in ways suited to each individual’s pace and needs.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Clark works with clients to clarify goals, review what has helped before, and tailor techniques that match their needs, preferences, and stage of change. Together they adjust strategies as work progresses so therapy remains practical and aligned with personal priorities.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - provide flexibility for scheduling and allow clients to access therapists from home or other convenient locations. These formats support ongoing care, make it easier to maintain consistency, and expand access to licensed professionals regardless of geographic constraints.