Kiyeka Gift

Kiyeka Gift is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with three years of clinical experience and a background in public health, foster care, and social services. She helps adults who feel stuck after a life change, and those dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, and stress. She also supports people facing perinatal mental health concerns and women’s health issues.

Kiyeka uses straightforward, down-to-earth conversation to help someone sort through what feels overwhelming. Sessions focus on practical steps and small experiments to test what might help next. She aims to make therapy a place to be honest without pressure to have everything figured out.

Her clinical work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, and mindfulness practices. CBT is used to look at thoughts and behavior and try small changes. Solution-Focused work narrows in on immediate goals and what has worked before. Mindfulness practices are offered as brief skills to reduce reactivity and increase focus.

Kiyeka’s background in foster care and social services informs how she thinks about adoption and foster care issues, forgiveness, and isolation or loneliness. She also supports people dealing with life purpose questions and midlife transitions.

People can expect direct, practical conversation and occasional skill practice between sessions. The intention is to identify manageable next steps, not to promise a final answer. To begin, readers should confirm the current session options before booking.

How therapeutic approaches guide online sessions

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavior changes to test whether those shifts reduce anxiety or improve mood. It is practical and often focuses on exercises between visits.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy concentrates on what is already working and on immediate, achievable goals. Sessions tend to be goal-directed and focus on next steps rather than lengthy exploration of the past.

Mindfulness practices used in sessions are short, attention-based exercises. They are offered to help reduce reactivity, improve focus, and make it easier to try the behavioral steps discussed in therapy.

Choosing the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may shift as issues change or as certain strategies prove more useful.

The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and making it easier to attend from different locations. Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online sessions can support brief skill practice, focused problem solving, and regular check-ins that fit into everyday life.