About Ruby
Dr. Ruby Akhigbe helps people manage stress and anxiety and navigate relationship and family difficulties. She works with issues such as anger, depression, trauma and abuse.
She writes plainly and offers steady support for people ready to make change. Dr. Akhigbe listens with attention and patience.
She draws on many methods so sessions match what a person needs. Conversations focus on stopping reactive patterns, improving communication, and breaking cycles of negative thinking.
Background and approach
She has a long clinical background, with 27 years of work in counseling. Ruby Akhigbe holds a doctorate plus a master’s and a bachelor’s degree, and she practices as an LCSW in Texas. Her experience includes helping people who struggle with excessive worrying, obsessive behaviors, bipolar symptoms, role overload, and difficulties with relaxation.
Her approach mixes practical skills with reflective work. She teaches strategies to reduce rumination and to manage emotions more effectively. She also helps people repair how they connect with others and handle difficult conversations.
Sessions often include clear exercises and step-by-step tools to try between meetings. She encourages small changes that build over time. The focus is on realistic steps people can take to feel steadier and more in control of daily life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that align with their values; it is useful for chronic worry, stress, and avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns shape current relationships and helps people change how they relate when trust or closeness feels difficult.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your goals, needs, and preferences and adapt methods over time. This collaboration helps decide whether ACT, CBT, attachment work, or a mix will fit best for symptoms and life circumstances.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls let you work face to face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief updates or ongoing support between appointments. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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