Sylvia Akingbade, LPC

Sylvia Akingbade is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, and life changes. She uses straightforward talk and practical steps to help people feel more steady. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth, focused on what matters to each person.

Sylvia blends cognitive behavioral therapy with a client-centered way of working. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors while listening closely to what they want. Sessions are driven by the client's goals and paced to fit each person's needs.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness tools for managing strong emotions and building coping skills. Those methods can help when worry, anger, or overwhelm get in the way of daily life. Practical skills and short exercises are often part of the work.

With eight years of experience, Sylvia has supported people through career stress, low self-esteem, caregiver strain, and grief. She focuses on clear communication, addressing control issues, and repairing hurt through forgiveness and self-compassion. Conversations aim to be direct but kind.

Therapy with Sylvia is presented as a collaborative process. She helps set achievable steps and checks progress along the way. The goal is to leave sessions with usable tools and small, steady changes that add up over time.

Using CBT and Client-Centered Care Online

Sylvia often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT offers clear exercises and simple homework that translate well to video or messaging and can help with anxiety, low mood, and stress. She also uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening, reflecting, and following the client's lead so sessions feel relevant and personally guided. That approach supports people who need a steady place to talk and make sense of their priorities.

Sylvia can combine DBT skills for emotion regulation and mindfulness practices when strong feelings or reactivity get in the way of daily functioning. Together with the client she will decide which approaches to emphasize, matching methods to goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in practice. The choice of approach is collaborative and may shift over time as needs change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different days and rhythms. Video is useful for a full session with visual cues, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat is quick for focused check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping progress moving forward.