LaQunana Cistrunk

LaQunana Cistrunk is a licensed clinical social worker who uses Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside other practical approaches. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and self-esteem struggles. Her style aims to make therapy feel direct and understandable for busy lives.

She centers sessions on clients' goals and real-life needs. That can mean learning ways to handle strong emotions, changing unhelpful thoughts, or practicing clearer communication. She also supports people navigating identity questions and LGBT-related concerns.

With 13 years of clinical experience, LaQunana draws on several methods to fit each person. She blends Trauma-Focused Therapy with acceptance-based tools, cognitive strategies, and client-centered listening. This mix helps when dealing with trauma, painful memories, or day-to-day stressors.

She also addresses a wide range of related concerns such as abandonment and attachment issues, body image, control and commitment worries, family problems, guilt and shame, and isolation. The work often includes building coping skills and finding ways to restore self-worth.

LaQunana holds a Master of Social Work and is an LCSW. She practices in Mississippi and offers services in English. To begin, readers should use the site’s Start Therapy process to match and schedule sessions.

Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. Therapy aims to help clients make changes that matter in everyday life, one step at a time.

How these approaches can work online

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on addressing the effects of traumatic experiences. It helps people process painful memories and reduce the hold those memories have on daily life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches ways to accept difficult feelings while committing to actions that match personal values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy so the person sets the pace and goals of therapy.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to try first. Over time they will adjust the plan based on needs, goals, and what feels most helpful in sessions.

The original profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for different ways to check in on hard days. It can also allow for flexible timing when work or caregiving responsibilities make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals can help adapt exercises used in ACT, Trauma-Focused Therapy, or client-centered work so they feel practical and relevant to everyday life.