Therapist profile
Lavon Clark, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Family and parenting focus
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- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting support
About Lavon
Lavon Clark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Oklahoma with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, ADHD, relationship and family issues, grief, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
Clark has worked across mental health and educational settings. She has experience helping people navigate medical, educational, and social services to support their plans of care. Her background includes roles as a licensed child care provider, licensed therapeutic foster parent for teen female youth, paraprofessional with children with special needs, and mental health aide for adults with special needs.
Her training path includes an Associate of General Studies in Early Childhood Education, a Bachelor of Science in Social Work, and a Master of Science in Social Work. Clark has practiced as a licensed master social worker and now as an LCSW for the past six years in direct mental health roles.
In practice she uses the Person-In-Environment (PIE) framework to look at what matters most to the person and their context. She combines that perspective with evidence-based techniques to address presenting problems. Examples listed in her biography include cognitive behavioral approaches, trauma-focused methods, narrative and solution-focused ideas, client-centered work, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
Sessions with her aim to identify practical steps and to process areas a person wants to change. Clark emphasizes collaboration and clear, goal-oriented work that draws on her long history in helping roles and her clinical social work practice.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Lavon Clark lists several evidence-informed approaches she uses in clinical practice. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. Trauma-focused work addresses the impact of traumatic experiences by helping people process memories and build coping strategies for triggers. Narrative and solution-focused ideas help people reframe their stories and set concrete, short-term goals to move toward practical changes.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. She will discuss preferences, goals, and what has or has not helped in the past, and then suggest methods to try together. That lets the person steer the process while the therapist offers clinical options and adjustments over time.
The biography does not list specific online session formats. Confirm which formats are available before booking. In general, online care can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can use these options to help people keep therapy consistent around school, work, and family life.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Oklahoma
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, depression, ADHD, grief, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, relationship and family problems, and related areas.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses the Person-In-Environment (PIE) perspective alongside evidence-based techniques to focus on what is most important to the client and their environment.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience as a licensed social worker and decades of work in caregiving and mental health aide roles prior to clinical licensure.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Oklahoma and practices there.
Does she provide sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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