Bio
Dr. Shalanda Kangethe, EdD
Born in Los Angeles, California, Dr. Shalanda Kangethe overcame great obstacles growing—experiences that have profoundly influenced her career as a therapist. Specializing in helping individuals identify and explore emotions that obstruct their personal, professional, and spiritual growth, she works extensively with families of origin, childhood trauma, and interpersonal and marital challenges.
With over a decade of experience coaching individuals in business consultation,, Dr. Kangethe's expertise spans across a wide range of client needs, including anxiety, depression, personality disorders, self-harm/suicidal ideation, substance/alcohol use, and developmental disabilities.
She is trained in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), strengths-based approaches, and dual disorders of substance use/mental health. Dr. Kangethe utilizes a spiritual and clairvoyant approach to the therapeutic process, seeing clients as the true experts in their own lives while viewing herself as a guide and mentor along the way. She is known for her authenticity, genuine nature, and use of humor in the therapy process, qualities her clients have come to appreciate.
Dr. Kangethe loves working with children, teens, families, and couples, believing everyone deserves a safe and healing place to work through life's difficulties. She aims to bring families and couples closer together through therapeutic work, fostering fulfilling relationships.
Additional areas of focus: Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Attachment issues, Avoidant Personality, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, Fertility Issues, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Immigration Issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual Disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Military and Veterans Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders , Multicultural Concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sex Addiction, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexual Dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking/Vaping Cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Traumatic Brain Injury, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
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Very down to earth and relatable to my concerns.
Written on Oct 31, 2024 after therapy with Shalanda for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue