About Anila
Dr. Anila Malik is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Georgia. She brings 36 years of experience in mental health and substance use work and speaks English, Punjabi, and Urdu.
She has worked across settings that included office practice, agency contracts, consultation, and supervision. That background shaped a practical approach to assessment and treatment for a wide range of concerns, from depression and anxiety to bipolar disorder and dual diagnosis involving substance use.
How Anila works
In sessions she uses a humanistic, client-centered stance. She listens first, then helps people set goals and build a clear plan. Her style is respectful and compassionate, with attention to each person’s values and culture.
Dr. Malik commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical strategies to address patterns of thinking and behavior. She also draws on emotionally focused and mindfulness methods when people need help with connection, regulation, or stress management.
She supports individuals facing grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, sleep and eating problems, trauma and abuse, and challenges tied to anger, addiction, or ADHD. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, multicultural issues, obsessions and compulsions, and aging or geriatric matters.
People who reach out can expect straightforward work on skills, steady problem solving, and a tailored plan that fits their life and goals.
Anila lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Anila works with
The areas below are the ones Anila selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 36 |
| Languages | English, Punjabi, Urdu |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person rather than a protocol. It emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace to identify goals and next steps; online sessions can use that same conversational, supportive stance to build trust and direction.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. Online CBT often includes practice assignments between sessions and straightforward tools to manage anxiety, depression, or sleep and eating difficulties.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. Those skills can be taught and rehearsed in video or phone sessions, with short check-ins by text or live chat to reinforce learning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels workable, and then try methods that fit the person’s needs. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for longer therapy and close exchanges, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat work well for brief check-ins or between-session support. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy days and to keep steady momentum toward goals.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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