About Arkila
Arkila Covington is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and addiction. She works with issues like parenting strain, career changes, self-esteem, and coping with life transitions.
Background and approach
Arkila also supports people facing trauma, abandonment, attachment concerns, and LGBT-related challenges. Her style is warm and interactive.
Sessions focus on clear conversation and practical steps people can try between meetings. She listens without labels and treats each person with respect and sensitivity.
Arkila blends several therapy approaches to fit each person's situation. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Attachment-Based ideas help address how early relationships affect current bonds and trust. Client-Centered techniques guide sessions around the person's goals and pace.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and existential ideas are used when people want help clarifying values and finding meaning amid life changes. She has nine years of clinical experience and holds LMFT credentials.
Her background includes work as a psychocounselor, behavior modification specialist, and life coach. That mix informs straightforward, goal-focused sessions.
Arkila aims to create an inviting space to work through difficult problems and build practical coping skills. She will tailor the conversation and plan to each person's needs, offering options for what to try next and how to track progress.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and trying new behaviors. It works well for stress, anxiety, depression, and some addiction-related habits.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current trust and closeness, and it helps people change patterns that get in the way of connection.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Arkila will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and preferences. That partnership guides what is emphasized in sessions and which exercises are assigned between meetings.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people read facial cues and practice new skills together. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins, quicker support between visits, and options for people who prefer writing over speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep continuity when life gets disrupted.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- California, Missouri, Texas
- Languages
- English