- Ten years experience
- Skill-based tools
- Adult-focused care
About Akilah
Akilah Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with ten years of experience. She focuses on helping adults who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and major life changes. Her work aims to give people practical tools and clearer choices when life feels stuck.
Akilah trained with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Texas and earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Sam Houston State University with a focus in marriage and family therapy. Her background includes work with foster children, Department of Family Services cases, and people coping with substance use, mood disorders, trauma, and adjustment challenges.
In sessions she treats each person as the expert on their life and tailors methods to individual goals. She uses techniques drawn from client-centered ideas, cognitive behavioral practices, dialectical behavior approaches, the Gottman Method, and motivational interviewing to match what a person needs in the moment.
Typical work includes building skills for emotion regulation, improving communication, reducing anxiety and panic symptoms, and addressing patterns that keep someone stuck. She also supports people managing ADHD, grief, parenting challenges, and identity or family-of-origin concerns.
Her style is validating and practical. Akilah focuses on helping people find their voice, practice new skills, and try small changes that add up over time.
Akilah trained with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Texas and earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Sam Houston State University with a focus in marriage and family therapy. Her background includes work with foster children, Department of Family Services cases, and people coping with substance use, mood disorders, trauma, and adjustment challenges.
In sessions she treats each person as the expert on their life and tailors methods to individual goals. She uses techniques drawn from client-centered ideas, cognitive behavioral practices, dialectical behavior approaches, the Gottman Method, and motivational interviewing to match what a person needs in the moment.
Typical work includes building skills for emotion regulation, improving communication, reducing anxiety and panic symptoms, and addressing patterns that keep someone stuck. She also supports people managing ADHD, grief, parenting challenges, and identity or family-of-origin concerns.
Her style is validating and practical. Akilah focuses on helping people find their voice, practice new skills, and try small changes that add up over time.
This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.