About Arleen
Dr. Arleen Atkins uses practical, goal-oriented approaches to help people move forward. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 30 years of experience and works from Texas.
Her focus is on clear steps people can take to reduce stress, manage anxiety, and build confidence. Dr. Atkins draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to keep sessions focused and useful.
She helps people tackle depression, grief, addictions, and sleep problems by identifying patterns and testing small changes.
How Arleen works
Work often centers on what is happening now and what concrete steps can make life easier. People bring concerns about relationships, intimacy, parenting, and communication challenges. She also addresses family of origin issues, blended family strain, codependency, and divorce-related stress.
Other areas include career worries, anger, isolation, and coping with loss or major life changes. Her background includes three decades of counseling practice in Texas as an LPC. That experience informs a straightforward style that balances support with practical tools.
Sessions tend to focus on problem-solving, setting achievable goals, and building on existing strengths. Dr. Atkins offers a calm, respectful presence while helping people practice new skills.
She encourages small experiments between sessions to test what works. The aim is steady progress toward clearer thinking, healthier routines, and better daily functioning.
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What Arleen works with
The areas below are the ones Arleen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Dr. Atkins commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and daily routines. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small, concrete behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and sleeping problems.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to narrow in on specific goals and practical steps. This approach emphasizes what is already working and builds short-term plans to reach clear, achievable outcomes for issues like stress, relationship communication, and coping with change.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Atkins will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then recommend techniques to try together. The plan can be adjusted as progress is made and new issues come up.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between scheduled sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while working toward practical changes.
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