About Akilah
Akilah Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with ten years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing anxiety, depression, stress, relationship strains, trauma, and life changes. She focuses on practical tools that help people manage mood, attention, and everyday challenges.
Martin earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Sam Houston State University after completing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of North Texas.
Background and approach
She holds LPC credentials in Texas and Arizona. Her background includes work with foster care systems and people affected by abuse and substance-related concerns. Her style centers on listening first and tailoring strategies to each person.
Sessions are collaborative - she helps clients set goals and pick skills that will fit their lives. She draws from approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior principles, the Gottman Method for relationships, and motivational interviewing. Therapy often focuses on learning concrete skills for emotion regulation, communication, and problem solving.
For someone dealing with ADHD, mood swings, panic, or grief, she emphasizes step-by-step plans and small, measurable changes. Parents and people navigating family conflict can expect practical guidance for managing stress and improving interactions. Akilah aims to make clients feel heard and respected while helping them build confidence to make changes.
She encourages people to notice what works, adjust when needed, and keep working toward goals that matter to them.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and active listening so clients guide the pace and goals of work; this is useful for people who need time to clarify values, set priorities, and feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors with practical exercises to reduce anxiety, panic, and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and reducing impulsive reactions.Choosing the right mix of approaches happens together. The therapist will review a person’s goals, life demands, and preferences and then suggest techniques to try. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most, making the process collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or when a shorter, written check-in fits a break at work.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Arizona
- Languages
- English