Sylvia Akingbade, LPC - Therapist in Texas

About Sylvia

Sylvia Akingbade is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Texas. She draws on eight years in the mental health field to help people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, grief, depression, and life transitions. Sylvia keeps sessions straightforward and focused on practical change.

She emphasizes clear communication, emotional safety, and support as clients work toward better coping and self-understanding. Sylvia uses approaches that let clients guide the pace while also offering structured tools when useful.

Background and approach

She blends client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Mindfulness ideas and skills for emotional regulation are added when they fit a client’s goals. Sylvia has experience with caregiver stress, family problems, communication difficulties, and issues around guilt, shame, and forgiveness.

She also addresses self-esteem and anger in ways that aim to restore agency and choice. Her style is calm and direct, focused on small steps that add up to meaningful change. In sessions she asks about priorities, then helps create practical strategies that fit real life.

Goals are set together and reviewed as progress unfolds. Sylvia welcomes international clients and conducts sessions in English. Work is offered through flexible online formats so people can connect from where they are.

Fees vary with location and scheduling and use a cancellable subscription model. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s lead, creating space to talk through what matters most. This approach helps people feel understood and decide what changes they want to make.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers straightforward exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. These skills can be useful for coping with strong anger, relationship strain, and high stress.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to goals, try methods that fit the situation, and adjust as needed. Clients help shape the plan so therapy matches their needs and preferences.

Online sessions can take place by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, and different comfort levels with technology. Many people find it easier to keep up with therapy when they can choose the format that fits their daily life.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Sylvia help with?

Sylvia supports people with stress, anxiety, parenting and family issues, relationship concerns, self-esteem, grief, anger, career questions, depression, and general life changes. She also focuses on caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and self-love.

What is her therapy style like?

Her approach mixes client-centered listening with structured techniques. Sessions balance being heard with learning practical tools to change thoughts and behaviors.

How much experience does she have?

Sylvia has eight years of experience in the mental health field working with a range of adults and older clients. That background informs her practical, down-to-earth approach.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with license number TX LPC 79599 and practices from Texas.

Which languages are supported and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started working together?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 8 years
Licensed: Texas
Languages: English

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