Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Arleen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Arleen
Dr. Arleen Atkins is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and challenges that come with life transitions.
Dr. Atkins centers sessions on each person’s strengths and goals. She uses straightforward, practical talk to map out next steps.
She often uses solution-focused methods to help people identify small, workable changes that lead to clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is also part of her approach to notice and shift unhelpful thinking patterns that feed anxiety, low mood, or anger.
Background and approach
Sessions are goal-oriented and geared toward skills people can use between meetings. Dr. Atkins draws on decades of practice to offer calm, steady guidance.
She helps people build confidence, manage difficult feelings, and handle relationship and parenting stresses. Her work also includes support around grief, addiction concerns, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, and career stress. Additional areas she addresses include attachment and blended family challenges, codependency, communication and control issues, and matters tied to aging or hospice and end-of-life counseling.
She also helps people facing family-of-origin wounds, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, or isolation. People who choose Dr. Atkins can expect clear goals, practical strategies, and a focus on strengths.
She supports clients in taking manageable steps that align with their values and day-to-day realities.
What Arleen works with
Everything Arleen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Arleen's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Arleen lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-driven online therapy for practical change
Dr. Atkins uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify the thoughts and behaviors that keep them stuck and to practice new patterns that reduce anxiety, low mood, or anger. CBT focuses on simple, concrete exercises that people use between sessions to track progress and notice shifts.She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to zero in on what is already working and to build short-term, achievable goals. This approach favors small steps and clear measures of progress, which can help when addressing stress, relationship concerns, or coping with life changes.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences, and current challenges and then try methods that fit the person’s needs. Adjustments are made over time so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video works well for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone can be lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging can support brief check-ins or ongoing skill practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue skill-building between sessions.
Questions people ask about Arleen
What concerns does Dr. Atkins help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addiction-related issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, career stress, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and goal-focused, using solution-focused techniques and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to build skills and shift unhelpful thinking patterns.
How much experience does she have?
Dr. Atkins has 30 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns and life transitions.
What credential and location are listed?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Dr. Atkins?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.