Lavon Clark , LCSW

Lavon Clark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Oklahoma with six years of clinical experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families. She focuses on helping clients navigate mental health, medical, educational, and social systems to develop and follow plans of care that enhance overall health and well-being. Her work addresses a wide range of concerns including ADHD, anger, anxiety, attachment disorders, bipolar disorder, depression, emotion regulation, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and family conflict.

Her dedication to the helping professions spans more than four decades, including roles as a licensed child care provider, a licensed therapeutic foster parent for teen female youth, a paraprofessional working with children with special needs, and a mental health aide supporting adults with special needs. Over the past six years she has practiced as a licensed master social worker and a licensed clinical social worker, specializing in services for children, adolescents, adults, and families.

Clark holds an Associate of General Studies with a focus on Early Childhood Education, a Bachelor of Science in Social Work, and a Master of Science in Social Work. She applies a Person-In-Environment - or PIE - perspective to consider how personal circumstances and environmental factors interact, while incorporating evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Her clinical approaches include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivation Interviewing. Clark emphasizes client expertise in their own lives and aims to build a compassionate working relationship to help individuals identify goals, process change, and pursue the life they envision for themselves.

Evidence-Based Therapies Adapted for Online Care

Lavon Clark uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; this approach is often helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and challenges with emotion regulation. Trauma-Focused Therapy is employed to address the impact of traumatic events and abuse, using structured techniques to process painful memories and reduce trauma-related symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy offers practical skills to increase present-moment awareness and improve emotion regulation, which can support coping with stress, anger, and grief.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is collaborative. Clark works with clients to understand their needs, goals, and preferences, and together they determine which methods fit best and how to adapt them over time as goals evolve.

Online sessions - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - provide flexible ways to engage in therapy without traveling to an office. These options can make it easier to maintain consistent care around busy schedules, family responsibilities, or mobility limitations, while allowing licensed professionals to deliver evidence-based techniques in formats that suit each client.