- Relationship concerns
- Parenting stress
- Blended family issues
About Makini
Makini Leno is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with five years of professional experience. She focuses on relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting strains, coping with life changes, and attention-related difficulties such as ADHD. She also attends to related topics like blended family issues, adoption and foster care, and communication problems.
Makini keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens to what feels most pressing and helps people name the patterns that cause friction. Conversations often cover how to manage daily routines, set boundaries, and handle tricky interactions with partners or co-parents.
Her approach pulls from several well-known therapy models. Techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to clarify personal values and focus on small, manageable steps toward them.
Attachment-based ideas are brought in when past relationship patterns show up in current conflicts. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are used for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings run high. Client-centered principles guide the pacing and tone of sessions so the client steers goals and priorities.
Makini aims to make the work doable between appointments. She suggests small experiments and practical communication strategies that can be tried at home. If someone is considering starting, she encourages completing the short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session to see if the fit feels right.
Therapeutic approaches you might use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to the client and taking small actions that align with those values. It can help when life changes or role shifts make priorities feel unclear.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and try different behaviors, which can be useful for relationship patterns and attention challenges.
Attachment-Based ideas help identify repeating relationship dynamics that come from earlier connections. Noticing those patterns can change how someone approaches trust, closeness, and conflict in current relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as needs change and as short experiments show what helps.
Confirm the specific session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to schedule work around daily life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Practical benefits include fitting therapy into a busy week and trying communication or behavior experiments between meetings to see real-world effects.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of relationship problems does she address?
She works with adults on relationship and intimacy-related concerns, including commitment and communication problems.
Can she help with stepfamily or blended household challenges?
Yes. Blended family issues are listed among her focus areas and she can help adults navigate routines, loyalty tensions, and co-parenting dynamics.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses practical, evidence-informed methods and listens for what matters most to the client. Sessions draw on CBT, ACT, DBT, attachment-informed ideas, and client-centered principles.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of professional work experience as a licensed clinician.
Where is she licensed and what languages are supported?
She is an LPC licensed in Texas and offers sessions in English only.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not accepted at this time.
How are sessions priced and billed?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to begin.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.