Dr. Arleen Atkins
Helping people find practical next steps
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Arleen
Dr. Arleen Atkins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 30 years of experience. She focuses on practical, goal-oriented work and helps people find clear steps forward when life feels overwhelming.
She speaks plain language and centers each session on the person in front of her rather than on labels or jargon. She often uses solution-focused methods to map strengths and past wins into new routines and choices.
Background and approach
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping people notice thoughts and habits that keep problems going and try different ways of thinking and acting. Those approaches are used to address stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, addiction, and sleep problems among other areas. Sessions are geared toward tangible change.
Dr. Atkins helps identify small, achievable goals and checks progress week to week. Conversations cover coping skills, communication patterns, problem solving, and ways to rebuild confidence after setbacks.
Her background includes three decades of clinical work in Texas settings. That experience informs a steady, pragmatic style that emphasizes what works for each person. She invites clients to set the pace and shape the work.
Starting therapy with Dr. Atkins means focusing on concrete steps and clear next actions. She aims to be a steady, practical partner while clients work through change and loss.
The process combines short-term problem solving with strategies for longer-term resilience.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Dr. Atkins uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that can improve mood and daily functioning. CBT focuses on practical experiments and skill building, which can work well across video, phone, or text formats.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy that emphasizes identifying strengths and past successes to set clear, short-term goals. This approach concentrates on what a person wants to change next and on finding small steps that lead to visible progress, a method that adapts cleanly to focused online check-ins.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Dr. Atkins collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan based on what is helping.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy schedules and for those who need flexibility. Video calls provide face-to-face conversation, phone sessions suit people on the go, and live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins and between-session work. These options make it easier to keep momentum while working toward clear, achievable goals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Arleen
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