About Hanifa
Hanifa Okoli is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who works with adults aged 18 and up. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, low mood, or major life changes. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at making difficult conversations easier to start.
She focuses on practical ways to manage worry and low mood. Conversations often include skills for handling stress, improving communication, and sorting out relationship concerns.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with body image, attachment questions, caregiver strain, and social anxiety. Hanifa uses clear, evidence-based techniques in sessions and keeps goals simple and achievable. She helps clients notice patterns, try different coping strategies, and build small routines that reduce daily stress.
The work is collaborative - she and the client pick what to try next based on what feels useful. Her practice values diversity and welcomes people from many backgrounds and orientations. Sessions are offered in English and use a mix of video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules.
Hanifa emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes. She brings about 11 years of clinical experience to her practice as an LPC. People who want support with mood, anxiety, relationship struggles, or major life transitions will find a practical, compassionate approach focused on real-life steps forward.
Online care and practical approaches for anxiety and stress
Hanifa draws on straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help people manage anxiety and mood concerns. She focuses on skills that reduce immediate overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning, such as grounding and breathing practices to calm anxiety and behavioral steps that lift low mood. These approaches help with stress, social anxiety, and coping during life transitions.She also emphasizes communication strategies that ease relationship strain. This includes learning ways to express needs clearly, set boundaries, and repair misunderstandings. These methods support healthier interactions and reduce repeated conflict patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Hanifa collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, comfort level, and daily life. She adjusts methods over time based on what proves helpful and what the client prefers.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper exchanges. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging make it simple to check in between sessions or fit short support into a busy day. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to use around work, caretaking, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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