Shanique Slowley-Azeez

Shanique Slowley-Azeez is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in New Jersey with five years of clinical experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and difficulty with motivation or confidence. She also works with concerns such as impulsivity, panic attacks, grief, relationship intimacy issues, parenting strain, career questions, and life purpose. Her approach centers on direct conversation and practical strategies. Sessions focus on what feels most pressing for the person in front of her. She draws on client-centered methods to listen closely, then uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns. Dialectical behavior skills and mindfulness practices are offered when emotional regulation and present-moment focus are useful. Shanique explains things in straightforward terms and helps people try specific tools between sessions. She uses motivational interviewing to clarify goals and encourage small, manageable changes. Solution-focused ideas help map short-term steps when someone needs quick, concrete moves. People describe sessions as focused on clear problem-solving and skill practice rather than long lectures. Shanique adapts pace and techniques to each person’s current needs and goals while keeping conversations practical and goal-oriented. To begin, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Payment is through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and sessions vary in cost by location.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person guides the conversation. Online sessions can reproduce that clear, person-led dialogue through video or phone when offered, helping clarify what matters most.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and tests small behavior changes. It works well for anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and career or life-purpose decisions by giving concrete exercises to try between sessions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotion and impulsivity. Short skills practice, grounding techniques, and emotion regulation strategies are easy to bring into remote sessions and to practice during the week.

Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals, try methods, and adjust over time in collaboration with the client to find what fits best.

The biography does not list explicit session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use phone rather than video if bandwidth or camera use is a concern. These practical benefits help therapy fit into everyday life while the therapist and client test which methods work.