- CBT
- ACT
- DBT
About Makini
Makini Leno is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas with five years of clinical experience. She works with people facing relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, coping with life changes, and attention-related challenges such as ADHD. Sessions address practical problems like concentration and memory alongside emotional issues that affect daily life.
Her approach emphasizes clear, direct conversation. She listens to what is happening now and what the client wants to change. Conversations focus on patterns that get in the way and on small, concrete steps that can be tried between sessions.
Makini uses several well-known therapies to guide work in session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps spot unhelpful thinking and test new ways of responding. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports noticing painful thoughts without being driven by them. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers techniques for managing intense feelings and improving emotional regulation.
She also draws on client-centered and attachment-based ideas to build trust and to look at how early relationships shape current struggles. That can be useful for issues tied to family of origin, blended family dynamics, fatherhood, adoption and foster care concerns, and caregiver stress.
In practical terms Makini focuses on what a person wants to do differently. Conversations can cover communication problems, commitment or control issues, and sexual or kink-related concerns. The work is straightforward and aimed at helping people make usable changes in everyday life.
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. In practice this means learning to observe difficult inner experiences and choose actions that reflect personal values, which can help with shame or stuckness.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is often used for relationship patterns, attention challenges, and problems with concentration by breaking down situations into thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication. Those skills can be useful when someone feels overwhelmed by guilt, anger, or relationship conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and will adapt methods based on what the client finds helpful. This is a collaborative process rather than a fixed plan.
Confirm the session formats offered before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, such as shorter check-ins during a work break or avoiding travel time. It can also allow for camera-off options or phone calls when less bandwidth is available, which helps people keep therapy manageable alongside daily responsibilities.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, coping with life changes, and attention-related challenges such as ADHD. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and sexual or kink-related concerns.
How does she approach therapy for guilt and shame?
She uses practical conversation and evidence-informed methods to look at thoughts and behaviors that keep guilt or shame active. Work often includes noticing painful thoughts and testing new responses between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has five years of professional experience and practices as a Licensed Professional Counselor. Her experience includes supporting people with concentration, memory, and focus difficulties.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She holds an LPC credential in Texas and works with clients from that state. Sessions are conducted in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not accepted at this time. Sessions are offered in English for clients in Texas.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography. The therapist will provide details when you begin the matching process.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the signup process.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session through the platform.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.