Akilah Martin, LPC

Akilah Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, trauma, and relationship difficulties. Her work is straightforward and practical, aimed at helping people meet goals they set for themselves.

Akilah uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and skills-based approaches. Sessions tend to focus on clear tools - thinking patterns, behavior changes, and emotion regulation - that people can apply between appointments. She listens for what matters most to each person and builds a plan from there.

Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Texas and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Sam Houston State University. She holds LPC credentials in Texas and Arizona and has spent years supporting adults with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship stress, parenting strain, and life transitions.

Akilah also works with concerns such as ADHD, OCD symptoms, panic, self-harm behaviors, and issues related to adoption and foster care. She pays attention to cultural and multicultural factors that shape how people cope and relate.

In sessions she aims to make people feel heard and respected while offering hands-on strategies. The focus is practical change - small steps that add up to clearer thinking, improved communication, and better day-to-day functioning.

How Akilah Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online

Akilah commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered methods into her online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing patterns of behavior that keep problems going, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and OCD symptoms. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, validation, and collaborating with the person to shape goals and priorities.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when emotional regulation or impulsivity is a concern. DBT offers concrete strategies for managing intense emotions, reducing self-harm risk, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with anger, self-harm behaviors, and mood instability.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Akilah will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend which methods to try. That plan can change over time based on what is helping most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer dialogue. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging support ongoing coaching-style contact and brief updates between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and can fit into busy routines.