LaQunana Cistrunk, LCSW

LaQunana Cistrunk is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Her work often supports LGBT clients and people dealing with workplace stress or identity questions.

She uses a culturally responsive, person-centered style that emphasizes self-compassion and clearer communication. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps people can use between meetings, such as coping strategies and ways to rebuild self-worth. LaQunana aims to help people find more stability during difficult transitions and moments of doubt.

Her background includes long experience addressing trauma, body image concerns, and relationship patterns that affect everyday life. She works with individuals facing attachment or abandonment issues and those navigating adoption, foster care, or aging-related concerns. She also supports people coping with isolation, guilt, shame, and chronic stress.

LaQunana draws from a mix of therapeutic approaches to tailor care to each person. She blends elements from acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioral techniques, solution-focused tasks, and emotionally-focused ways of looking at relationships. This combination helps clients set goals and practice new behaviors between sessions.

Clients can expect straightforward conversations and gentle challenge when needed. The practice is based in Mississippi and serves English-speaking clients, including people outside the United States.

How her approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and move toward values-driven action. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and situations where someone feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing different behaviors to reduce distress and improve mood. It often helps with depression, worry, and self-esteem concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at emotional patterns in relationships and helps people name feelings and change interaction cycles that cause pain.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to pick methods that match a person's goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions can mix elements from different approaches so that techniques make sense for everyday life and for the particular problem being addressed.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten commutes, and maintain continuity during life transitions. It also allows for check-ins that focus on skill practice, brief problem solving, or deeper emotional work depending on what a client needs at the time.