About Amaka
Amaka Agulue is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York with ten years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and those seeking coaching for motivation and life goals. Her approach treats each person as the expert on their own story.
Amaka looks for existing strengths that can be used to meet challenges. She aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and respectful of the courage it takes to begin.
How Amaka works
In sessions she listens for the patterns that cause repeated stress and frustration. She addresses attachment concerns and family of origin issues that often shape how people relate and make choices. Practical conversations cover life purpose, midlife transitions, and rebuilding self-love.
Amaka also works with obsessive-compulsive behaviors and trichotillomania using methods that focus on manageable changes and daily skills. She includes support around narcissism-related dynamics and the fallout from trauma or abuse. People who prefer a collaborative tone and concrete coping tools may find her style helpful.
She combines coaching-focused strategies with therapeutic work to boost motivation and build confidence. Sessions are conducted in English and arranged from her New York practice.
What Amaka works with
The areas below are the ones Amaka selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Coaching
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Self-love
- Trichotillomania
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Online approaches and how they help
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on practical skills and understanding patterns. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills for anxiety and stress through step-by-step practice and regular check-ins; this helps when worry or racing thoughts interfere with daily life. Another approach looks at how past relationships and family of origin issues shape current behavior and attachment; it helps people see recurring patterns and try new ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and what feels most useful. Together they will choose methods to try, check how those methods are working, and adjust the plan as needed in ongoing sessions.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls let people keep eye contact and use visual cues, while phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or when someone prefers written reflection. These formats make it easier to schedule consistent sessions and to use therapeutic tools between meetings.
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