MyNiqua Cotton, LCSW

MyNiqua Cotton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with five years of hands-on experience in mental health and behavioral counseling. She has worked with children, teenagers, and adults addressing concerns such as stress and anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, and challenges with self-esteem and motivation.

Her therapeutic manner is genuine, dynamic, and interactive, grounded in respect and cultural awareness. As a woman of color, she acknowledges the particular stigmas some clients face and intentionally fosters environments where thoughts and feelings can be expressed without judgment and where individuality is honored. She emphasizes valuing each person beyond labels and attends closely to cultural context in the therapeutic relationship.

MyNiqua helps individuals identify their strengths and resilience while offering empathetic support through life transitions and struggles. Her clinical practice integrates influences from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, along with solution-focused family techniques, humanistic perspectives, and psychodynamic ideas. She maintains familiarity with current evidence-informed practices and shapes treatment plans to meet clients where they are, focusing on their unique goals and needs.

Choosing to pursue change takes courage, and MyNiqua commits to supporting and empowering clients throughout the process.

Evidence-Informed Approaches Delivered Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify personal values and take committed actions, even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present. It is useful for anxiety, mood challenges, and situations where a person seeks greater purpose and behavioral change.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration, allowing clients to lead the pace and content of sessions while the therapist offers nonjudgmental support. This approach is helpful for building self-esteem, improving communication, and exploring identity.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. CBT is often applied to anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns and provides practical skills for coping and problem solving.

Finding the right approach is an interactive process. MyNiqua will work collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best align with their needs, goals, and preferences and will adapt strategies over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place via video calls, by phone, through live chat, or with text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and to access licensed professionals and therapists from different locations while maintaining continuity of care.