About Akia
Akia Izzard helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship strain, or major life changes. She uses a calm, straightforward style to make it easier to talk about hard things. Akia is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, based in Pennsylvania with 24 years of experience.
She focuses on practical steps that fit into everyday life. Sessions often look at unhelpful thoughts and patterns, then try new ways of coping and communicating.
How Akia works
The work can include short skills practice, goal-setting, and talking through painful feelings or events. Akia also supports people facing aging and geriatric concerns, caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life issues, and postpartum depression. She addresses attachment problems, grief, guilt, and forgiveness, plus relationship challenges such as infidelity, jealousy, and non-monogamous arrangements.
Communication problems, control issues, and finding life purpose are also common topics. Her approach draws on several methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
Akia aims to make changes feel doable rather than overwhelming. People who choose her often want clear tools and steady practical support. She guides each person toward realistic goals and checks in on progress along the way.
The emphasis is on making sustainable differences in day-to-day life.
Akia lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Akia works with
The areas below are the ones Akia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
How these approaches work online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Online sessions can include homework, short skill practices, and thought records to try between meetings.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. In remote sessions, these skills are practiced through coaching, role-play, and step-by-step exercises that can be reviewed over video or text.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and pick methods that fit their situation. This collaborative process means approaches can be adjusted as needs change.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter audio check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit short check-ins, coaching between sessions, or people who prefer typing to speaking. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and everyday life.
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