Dr. Ruby Akhigbe

Dr. Ruby Akhigbe welcomes people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship strain, trauma, and family concerns. She acknowledges how heavy worry, grief, role overload, and negative thinking can feel. That first step toward help is noticed and affirmed. Her style is warm and direct, with active listening and practical steps to reduce reactivity and improve communication.

She holds a doctorate, a master’s degree, and a bachelor’s degree, and brings 27 years of clinical counseling experience. Dr. Akhigbe shares that counseling helped her personally, and she uses that perspective to encourage hope and change. She describes her approach as eclectic and holistic, drawing on different methods to match each person’s needs.

Her background includes work with people facing mood disorders, obsessive thoughts, bipolar symptoms, and trauma and abuse recovery. She helps clients learn to stop automatic reactions, respond more intentionally, and heal patterns like codependency and dysfunctional relationship dynamics.

In sessions she focuses on skills you can use right away. That can mean improving active listening, reducing mental filtering, and practicing clearer communication. She also works on relaxation skills, managing excessive worry, and addressing role overload so daily life becomes more manageable.

Dr. Akhigbe combines evidence-informed tools from approaches such as cognitive behavior methods, dialectical skills, acceptance-oriented techniques, attachment-focused work, and client-centered interaction. She supports people through goal setting, gentle challenge, and practical exercises to build new habits and restore a sense of balance.

How her approaches can guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without fighting them and commit to actions that match their values; it is often useful for anxiety, worry, and low motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) addresses the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and focuses on practical skills to change patterns like excessive rumination and negative filtering. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns that shape how people connect and can be helpful when relationship trust, communication, or abandonment concerns are central.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will choose techniques from different approaches to build a plan that fits the client’s needs.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are delivered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or remove travel time so therapy fits around work and family responsibilities. Therapists and licensed professionals can adapt exercises, skills coaching, and communication practice to an online format to help people reduce reactivity, manage stress, and practice new ways of relating.