About Saila
Saila Akhtar greets people with a calm, practical approach. She focuses on clear goals and steady support. She helps with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, bipolar challenges, and parenting concerns.
She also works on relationship and intimacy issues, grief, anger, career shifts, and ADHD. Saila is a licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, licensed in Florida and New York. She has eight years of experience in counseling and a background helping people affected by trauma and abuse.
How Saila works
Her work has included addressing family conflict, substance use concerns, and body image or eating-related struggles. In sessions she favors a conversational, interactive style. She listens first, then helps clients set realistic steps.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are offered for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy ideas to build rapport and respect each person’s goals.
When helpful, she weaves in existential and Jungian ideas to explore meaning, identity, and deeper patterns that affect everyday life. Saila tailors plans to the person in front of her. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
English-language sessions are provided from her Florida practice. People who want straightforward guidance with supportive listening may find this approach helpful. She encourages small, manageable steps toward clearer relationships and steadier moods.
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What Saila works with
The areas below are the ones Saila selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship. The therapist follows the person’s lead and uses that connection to set goals and guide change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication in tense moments.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try strategies, and adjust the approach as needed. That collaborative process helps match techniques to what actually helps the person move forward.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth and schedules permit. Phone sessions can be a good fit when a quieter setting or lower data use is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use short, focused exchanges when time is limited. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.
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