Shakeeta Torres LCSW, CCTP, CGCS
Mrs. Shakeeta Torres is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the owner of EmPowered2Shift Counseling Services, a Faith Based Mental Health Organization located in NC. She provides counselling services to Christians and help them heal from childhood trauma, anxiety, depression, and grief & loss. Mrs. Torres is an Inspirational Speaker & Licensed Minister who loves to Speak Life into others and educate them about Mental Health in various settings!
Mrs. Torres is a Co-Author of the #1 International Bestseller, Just Say No. She shares a piece of her testimony and how she overcame people pleasing and learned to Set Boundaries: God's Way. The name of her heartfelt chapter is, What Trauma Stole From Me!
Mrs. Torres and is the co-owner of R&S Coaching & Consulting Services Llc. where she serves as a Life Purpose Coach and her program is Pain, Passion, & Purpose that focuses on healing from rejection, fear, and empowers Christian to walk in their God Given Purpose.
She is the creator of EmPowered Purpose Academy (registered trademark), an online school that provides Mental Health Education, Spiritual Development, and Personal Development for Christian Believers, Aspiring, and existing Christian Therapists. She has a free FB Group for Aspiring and Existing Christian Therapists.
Mrs. Torres is the Founder and President of Doing It for The Kingdom Inc., a 501C3 tax exempt nonprofit organization. Its primary focus is to provide education to her community and surrounding areas about Human Trafficking.
What drives Mrs. Torres and empowers her to continue to do what she is called to do is the fact that she is a survivor of physical and sexual childhood trauma who has transitioned from “Pain to Purpose”. Mrs. Torres has been serving others through the marketplace since 2007 in the areas of Hospice, Elderly Care, Child Protective Services, and Mental Health. Mrs. Torres is known for being transparent, being able to connect with others easily, having a joyful spirit, full of life, drive, passion, and compassion. These qualities along with her education and continued growth transcends and sparks a hunger within her clients to embrace the process of healing, become their authenticate selves, and to live on “Purpose”.