Dr. Ruby Akhigbe, LCSW

Dr. Ruby Akhigbe welcomes people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, and relationship strains. She recognizes how overwhelming worry, role overload, grief, and negative rumination can feel. Her tone is direct and supportive for someone ready to make a change.

She uses straightforward listening and empathy to help people begin recovery and personal growth. Sessions focus on practical steps to reduce reactivity, improve communication, and interrupt unhelpful patterns like codependency and excessive worrying. She emphasizes hope and gradual progress rather than quick fixes.

Dr. Akhigbe holds a doctorate, a master’s degree, and a bachelor’s degree and has 27 years of clinical counseling experience. Her credential is LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker in Texas. She also reports certification in cognitive behavior therapy and describes an eclectic, holistic approach to care.

Her work addresses a range of issues including obsessive thoughts, bipolar symptoms, dissociation, attachment and family-of-origin concerns, divorce and separation, blended family issues, and aging-related worries. She often helps people practice communication skills such as active listening and asking for clarity.

Expect a collaborative process where goals are set together and techniques are matched to the person’s needs. The focus is on building skills that can be used in daily life, easing symptoms, and strengthening relationships over time.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take small committed steps toward those values while accepting difficult feelings. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and patterns of avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce worry and change behavior. It is commonly used for anxiety, rumination, and mood symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in early relationships and how they affect current connections; it can help with relationship distress and attachment issues.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and symptoms and then use one or more methods that seem to fit. That means techniques can change as progress is made and new needs appear.

If you plan to try online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Many people find virtual sessions easier to fit into their week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and let them join from quieter or more convenient locations. Online work can make it simpler to practice skills in the setting where problems occur and to follow up between sessions without rearranging a commute.