About Ekaette
Ekaette 'Kate' Atakpo is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Oklahoma. She draws on three years of experience to help people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure about next steps. Kate aims to make therapy an approachable step for people who want clearer direction and more emotional balance.
She offers straightforward, practical support for stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and substance struggles. Kate also focuses on issues around identity, self-esteem, and LGBTQ questions, helping clients explore values and build self-acceptance.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skill-building for handling panic, difficult emotions, and life changes. Her style is warm and client-centered. Conversations are guided by what the person needs in the moment, with an eye toward small changes that add up.
She uses mindful exercises, behavioral tools, and techniques from cognitive and dialectical approaches to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Kate pays attention to culture and background when framing problems and solutions. She helps people sort out patterns like codependency, control issues, and isolation while aiming for realistic, doable steps.
Practical coaching around communication and setting boundaries is part of the work for many clients. People who choose Kate often want a collaborative partner who listens and offers clear strategies. To begin, a short questionnaire and scheduling step match clients with her practice.
Sessions are available in multiple online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes when someone wants clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that maintain distress. It often helps with panic, obsessive thoughts, mood symptoms, and problem-solving for everyday challenges. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation, which can support coping with stress and overwhelming feelings.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they try approaches, track what works, and adjust the plan so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people meet. Video calls let conversations feel face-to-face, phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or lower-bandwidth option, and live chat or text-based messaging support shorter updates or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, school, or busy family days while keeping therapy consistent and accessible.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English