Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
How Saila works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York, Florida
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Saila
Saila Akhtar is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage anger, stress, anxiety, and life changes. She works with adults who are facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, addiction concerns, and mood issues like depression and bipolar. Her tone is direct and compassionate, aimed at people who want practical steps and clearer thinking.
She draws on methods from client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on each person's needs.
Background and approach
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are part of her toolbox for managing strong emotions and improving day-to-day coping. With eight years of professional experience and licensure as an LMHC in Florida and New York, she has worked with people affected by trauma, abuse, and family conflict.
That background informs how she plans sessions and sets realistic goals. She aims to create a respectful space where concerns can be named and worked on without judgment. Sessions are practical and interactive.
Expect to talk about real situations, practice small behavior changes, and try skills between meetings. The work often includes building better communication, reducing impulsive reactions, and finding steadier moods. Her approach adapts to each person's goals, whether the focus is on parenting stress, addiction recovery steps, or managing intense anger.
She supports clients who want coaching alongside therapy and those navigating career or intimacy-related struggles.
What Saila works with
Everything Saila lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Saila's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Saila lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy starts by focusing on the person's goals and values. In sessions she listens closely and shapes the work around what matters most to the client, which helps when deciding which skills to try first.Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Online sessions include talking through specific situations, identifying unhelpful thoughts, and planning step-by-step behavior changes to test between meetings.
Dialectical behavior therapy provides concrete tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills are useful for people who experience intense anger or frequent emotional ups and downs and can be practiced during and between remote sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She works collaboratively to match methods to a client's goals, needs, and preferences. Together they may combine elements of different approaches and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging fit people who prefer writing, want brief touchpoints, or need support between synchronous visits. These options help fit therapy into busy routines and different life situations.
Questions people ask about Saila
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, relationship and parenting struggles, career issues, grief, ADHD, and related problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is interactive and client-centered. Sessions mix practical skills, thought work, and emotional regulation exercises to tackle day-to-day problems.
What kind of experience does she have?
She has eight years of clinical experience working with people who have faced trauma, abuse, family conflict, mood and substance concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LMHC credential and is licensed in Florida and New York. Her practice is based in Florida.
Which languages are offered and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.