Dr. Arleen Atkins
Compassionate, strengths-based CBT and solutions
LPC Texas
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Arleen
Dr. Arleen Atkins brings three decades of clinical practice to her work as a licensed professional counselor in Texas.
Background and approach
She emphasizes practical, evidence-informed strategies rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy alongside solution-focused techniques to help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build concrete steps toward change. Her approach highlights clients' existing strengths and resources while addressing concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, sleep disturbances, anger, and challenges related to life transitions.
With an emphasis on collaboration, Dr. Atkins supports people through a wide range of family and interpersonal issues, including blended family dynamics, communication problems, codependency, and family of origin concerns.
She also works with aging and geriatric matters, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and the emotional effects of trauma and loss. Dr.
Atkins frames therapy as a process in which clients are recognized as experts on their own lives and are guided to set and reach meaningful goals using focused, practical interventions.
Practical Approaches for Online Change
Dr. Atkins primarily uses cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused therapy in her online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people recognize and reframe unhelpful thoughts and develop concrete skills for managing symptoms like anxiety, low mood, or sleep disruption. Solution-focused therapy emphasizes current strengths and small, achievable steps to move toward specific goals and can be especially useful for clients who want focused, action-oriented progress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Atkins works with each person to explore goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities, adjusting techniques as therapy unfolds so the plan fits individual needs and priorities.
Online sessions with video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility around schedules and geography. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, to use brief check-ins when helpful, and to participate from familiar environments while engaging in practical, skills-based work.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English