About Agyenim
Dr. Agyenim Akuamoah-Boateng is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 23 years of experience in mental health and addiction work. He practices in North Carolina and offers therapy in English.
Dr. Akuamoah-Boateng has spent decades helping people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, and major life changes. He focuses on practical skills and clear goals.
Sessions often look at coping strategies for stress, sleep problems, anger, and low self-esteem.
How Agyenim works
He also supports people navigating career changes, relationship and intimacy concerns, and complications related to substance use. His background includes long experience with co-occurring medical, mental health, and substance use issues. That history has shaped a preference for integrated care that addresses multiple problems at once.
He uses a mix of proven methods to match each person's situation. In sessions he uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered work. These methods emphasize values, thinking patterns, and the client’s own priorities.
He also draws on attachment-focused ideas and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotion regulation or relationships are central. People can expect straightforward, goal-oriented conversations. Therapy aims to build skills for coping, reduce distress, and increase daily functioning.
Dr. Akuamoah-Boateng works with international clients as well and offers several online formats to suit different needs.
Agyenim lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Agyenim works with
The areas below are the ones Agyenim selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Therapy methods and remote sessions that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values even when emotions are difficult. It is useful for anxiety, trauma, and persistent avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and changing behaviors to reduce symptoms like depression, anxiety, or sleep problems. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client's perspective and pace, letting the person lead while the therapist offers support and reflection.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals, symptoms, and personal preferences and then suggest methods to try. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as needs change.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works well for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports shorter ongoing contact between sessions. These formats help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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