About Arleen
Dr. Arleen Atkins is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with 30 years of practice. She focuses on practical, goal-oriented work to reduce stress and anxiety and to help people regain balance in their daily lives.
She uses clear, task-focused approaches. Sessions often center on identifying small changes that make daily life easier. That can mean shifting unhelpful thoughts, trying new routines for sleep, or setting short-term goals to manage worry and depression.
Background and approach
Dr. Atkins draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to guide the process. With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy she helps people notice thought patterns that worsen anxiety and then tests new ways of thinking.
With Solution-Focused Therapy she emphasizes strengths and steps that lead toward specific goals. Her work covers a wide range of concerns. These include relationships, grief, self-esteem, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, anger, and career transitions.
She also helps with aging and geriatric issues, attachment and blended family concerns, and coping after natural or human-caused disasters. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Dr.
Atkins frames therapy as a collaborative process where clients bring their knowledge and she brings practical methods to move forward.
Approaches that guide online counseling
Dr. Atkins commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety and depression, then tries practical experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting. Solution-Focused Therapy looks ahead to small, concrete steps and builds on what already works to reach those steps.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what the client finds most helpful. Clients take an active role in selecting strategies that fit their needs and daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when convenient. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or easier during a short break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or when writing feels clearer than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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