About Ayanna
Ayanna Sidle is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a decade of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, career concerns, relationship challenges, and low self-esteem. She brings a calm, faith-informed presence and encourages honest conversation about what matters most to each person. She uses a client-centered approach to make sessions about the client's goals and values.
That means listening first, then shaping the work around what the client wants to change.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behavior patterns that reduce stress and lift mood. Mindfulness practices are woven into sessions when they help people notice and respond to emotions more calmly. Motivational Interviewing supports moments when clients feel stuck and want to rekindle motivation for change.
Narrative Therapy is used to look at personal stories and consider new, more empowering ways of understanding difficult experiences. Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical. Ayanna helps people break problems into manageable steps and tries techniques that fit real life.
She frames progress as small, steady actions rather than sudden fixes. Ayanna holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in Texas. Her style is warm and respectful, and she encourages clients to take the pace that feels right for them.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Ayanna commonly uses client-centered work and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy during online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening and shaping goals around what the person values, which helps keep sessions grounded in the client's priorities. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and introduces small experiments to change patterns that cause stress or low mood.She also draws on mindfulness techniques to help people notice their thoughts and bodily responses without reacting immediately. These approaches can help with anxiety, depression, relationship stress, and career uncertainty. Finding the right mix is part of the work together; the therapist will ask about goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps most in practice.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face to face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn't wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or scheduling around busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, and family routines while using approaches that match the client's needs.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Depression
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas, California
- Languages
- English