Profile / United States
Akia Izzard, LCSW
Pennsylvania
LCSW - Stress and relationship concerns
See online therapy options- CBT methods
- DBT skills
- Goal focused work
About Akia
Akia Izzard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Pennsylvania with 24 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Her work also addresses caregiving stress, aging and geriatric issues, attachment concerns, and postpartum depression.
She uses clear, structured methods to notice unhelpful thoughts and habits. Sessions focus on practical steps clients can try between meetings. Conversations aim to identify patterns that keep problems going and then test small changes to see what helps.
Akia draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach concrete skills for managing difficult emotions and improving communication. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to clarify goals and boost readiness for change. Narrative and Solution-Focused approaches are used when it helps clients reshape difficult stories and focus on workable next steps.
People meet with her to work on divorce and separation issues, infidelity and jealousy, isolation or loneliness, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose. She also supports those facing hospice and end-of-life concerns and people navigating non-monogamous relationships.
Sessions are practical and goal-oriented. Akia encourages steady progress through small experiments and skill building. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and schedule a first session.
How Akia uses practical approaches in online work
Akia commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions tend to include clear goals, brief experiments to try between meetings, and tracking progress over time.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach concrete techniques for handling intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. DBT skills such as distress tolerance and emotion regulation can be useful when feelings feel overwhelming or communication breaks down.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will help clients and the therapist decide together which methods fit best based on the client's goals and preferences. That collaborative choice can change over time as needs shift.
The practical benefit of online work is fitting sessions into a busy life. Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online options can make it easier to have shorter check-ins, avoid travel time, schedule sessions during a work break, or meet when arranging in-person visits is difficult. Licensed professionals can use the same structured CBT and DBT exercises in virtual sessions so clients can practice skills between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
24+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related issues such as caregiver stress and postpartum depression.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and to test small behavior changes. The focus is on practical strategies clients can try between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 24 years of professional experience working with people across a range of emotional and relationship concerns.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is an LCSW licensed in Pennsylvania and provides services from that state.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Use the site's See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.