About
Lakita Allen, a South Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor, offers virtual individual therapy for girls and adolescents across South Carolina in a supportive space that encourages emotional growth, confidence, self-discovery, and open expression. Her approach is compassionate, personalized, and thoughtfully tailored to meet each client where they are emotionally and developmentally. Sessions are designed to help clients feel comfortable expressing themselves openly while learning healthy ways to navigate emotions, stress, relationships, and life's challenges. Lakita's goal is to help clients build confidence, strengthen emotional resilience, and develop healthier ways to cope with life's challenges. She uses a blend of evidence-based approaches and creative therapeutic techniques to support emotional wellness and personal growth, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness-based strategies, Solution-Focused Therapy, Play therapy interventions, Art and creative expression, Therapeutic Games and Activities, Psycho-education, Emotional regulation skill-building, and Coping Skills Development. Lakita accepts most major commercial insurance plans and South Carolina Medicaid plans, and she is available to meet with clients online, Monday through Friday from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
Insurance & payment
True to Herself Therapy for Girls and Women accepts most major commercial insurance plans and South Carolina Medicaid plans, including Absolute Total Care Medicaid, Aetna, Ambetter, Blue Choice Medicaid, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, BlueCross and BlueShield, and Carelon Behavioral Health.
- Medicaid
- Aetna
- Ambetter
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cigna
- Healthy Connections
- Humana
- Molina Healthcare
- Optum
- Oscar Health
- UnitedHealthcare
- SelectHealth
- UMR
- Out of network
Ask about sliding-scale fees if you're paying out of pocket.
Services & specialties
Anxiety and excessive worry
Lakita helps clients learn healthy ways to manage anxiety and excessive worry.
Stress and emotional overwhelm
Lakita supports clients in developing coping skills to manage stress and emotional overwhelm.
Sadness and depressive symptoms
Lakita works with clients to build confidence and develop healthier ways to cope with sadness and depressive symptoms.
Emotional or behavioral concerns
Lakita provides a supportive space for clients to process emotions and develop practical skills for everyday life.
Bullying and peer conflict
Lakita helps clients build coping skills and develop strategies to manage bullying and peer conflict.
School, social, or developmental changes
Lakita supports clients in navigating school, social, or developmental changes.