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Anieka Dicker

Anieka Dicker, LCSW

Florida

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LCSW - Family and Parenting support

  • CBT techniques
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Parent education

About Anieka

Anieka Dicker is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with 10 years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship strain, and changes in life circumstances. Her practice also addresses depression, career concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

She uses straightforward conversation and goal-focused techniques. Clients can expect practical steps to manage symptoms, improve communication, and build day-to-day coping skills. Anieka incorporates parent education methods such as Circle of Security and Nurturing Parenting when relevant to a client's concerns.

Her work pays attention to how race and discrimination affect mental health. She validates lived experiences and explores how stress from prejudice or multicultural pressures can show up in family and personal life. This includes attention to blended family issues and attachment concerns when those come up.

Sessions move at a practical pace. She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with motivational interviewing to support change and decision making. That means talking through thoughts and behaviors and finding small experiments to test new ways of handling problems.

People come for help with communication, parenting questions, feeling isolated, or dealing with big life transitions. The focus is on clear steps that fit into everyday routines. To begin, prospective clients follow the site's process to match and schedule an initial meeting.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. Online, this looks like tracking situations, testing small behavior changes, and reviewing what worked in the next meeting. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and habit changes.

Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps clarify what matters to a person and builds readiness for change. In sessions this means setting manageable goals and naming small steps that match a client's priorities. It can be helpful when someone feels stuck or unsure about a next step.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit a client's goals and preferences. That may mean combining CBT tasks with motivational techniques and parent education tools when family or blended household concerns are involved.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - shorter check-ins, meetings during a break, or not needing to travel to an office. Licensed professionals can use these formats to help maintain progress while accommodating everyday schedules.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Relationship issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCommunication problemsEmptinessFamily problemsImmigration issuesIsolation / lonelinessMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational Interviewing

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationships, ADHD, and related family issues including blended family concerns.

What style of therapy does she use?

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing in a practical, goal-focused way to address thoughts, behaviors, and motivation for change.

How much experience does she have?

She has worked in professional practice for 10 years.

What are her credentials and location?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida and practices from that state.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can she work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions scheduled and paid for?

Session cost varies with location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start a first session?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.

Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.

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