Nakie Mahomes, LICSW

Nakie Mahomes is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of practice in Washington. She focuses on helping people manage addictions, trauma, eating concerns, and low self-esteem. Her work centers on practical steps people can use right away. She emphasizes building self-love and clearer communication. Nakie helps people examine life purpose and cope with big changes. She also addresses intimacy-related issues, compassion fatigue, and challenges linked to ADHD. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions focus on identifying patterns, trying new behavior, and tracking what helps. She uses short-term, goal-oriented techniques alongside deeper trauma work when needed. Nakie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. These approaches shape sessions that are concrete and paced to each persons needs. She aims to help people develop everyday coping skills and recover from painful experiences. People can expect a respectful, warm space where real-life problems are the starting point. Nakie supports work on communication, forgiveness, and finding meaning. Her goal is to help clients leave sessions with clear next steps and manageable tools.

How these approaches work online

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life actions to change how someone feels and behaves. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, addictions, and problems with self-esteem.

Narrative Therapy helps people tell their life story in new ways by separating them from the problem and highlighting strengths and values. This approach can be useful for rebuilding identity after trauma or big life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals and preferences and adapt methods as needed. That collaboration helps shape whether sessions lean more toward CBT exercises, narrative reflection, or solution-focused steps.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone can be easier with low bandwidth, live chat suits quicker check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing coaching. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different ways of working until the best fit is found.