Constance Akonumbo, LPC

Constance Akonumbo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with seven years of experience. She moved into counseling after careers in education and nursing. That mix of experience shapes a practical, hands-on way of working. She describes her approach as warm, interactive, and grounded in partnership.

Clients can expect straightforward sessions that focus on clear goals. Constance believes change begins with a conscious decision and a willingness to do the work. She emphasizes mutual trust, honest communication, and steady effort rather than quick fixes.

Her work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered ideas, dialectical behavior approaches, existential thinking, and narrative methods. In practice that means looking at thoughts and behaviors, values and meaning, and the stories people tell about themselves. Techniques may include skills practice, values clarification, and gentle reflection.

Constance often supports people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, sleeping problems, grief, and life transitions. She also helps with relationship struggles, addiction concerns, ADHD, mood issues, anger, and coping skills. Additional focus areas include attachment and communication problems, family of origin issues, body image, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.

Sessions are intended to be a collaborative space for coaching and problem solving. Constance aims to help people identify strengths, try new strategies, and make steady progress toward their goals.

Approaches for Online Work and Practical Support

Constance often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavior changes. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and stress by focusing on goals and step-by-step practice.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take actions that align with those values. ACT is commonly used for managing difficult feelings, building psychological flexibility, and coping with life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Constance works collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean using CBT skill practice one week and values work or narrative reflection the next, depending on what is most helpful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules and situations. Video is often best for longer therapy sessions and face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Messaging and live chat allow shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching-style support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while trying approaches that focus on skills, values, and real-life changes.