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Habiba Salim, LPC
Texas
LPC in Texas - Anxiety and Relationships
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- DBT skills work
About Habiba
Habiba Salim is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Texas with three years of clinical experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, coping with life changes, and ADHD concerns. She also focuses on communication problems, guilt and shame, multicultural issues, obsessions and compulsions, post-traumatic stress, women’s issues, and young adult concerns.
She favors concrete, skills-based work that helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits. Sessions look at specific situations and practical ways to respond differently. Habiba uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to help people try new responses and build coping strategies.
Her background includes training in counseling and experience in educational settings, which informs how she talks about development and learned patterns. She explains how early experiences can shape current habits and relationships, and then practices steps to change those habits.
Habiba emphasizes simple exercises that fit into daily life. That includes short behavioral experiments, thought records, and emotion regulation skills from DBT when useful. She guides people through small, repeated changes rather than long abstract plans.
The approach is collaborative and structured. Habiba and the person she sees pick specific goals and track progress over time. Meetings aim to be focused on measurable steps and clearer ways to handle stressful moments.
How CBT, ACT, and DBT inform online work
Habiba draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that maintain stress and anxiety. CBT in sessions breaks down specific situations, tests unhelpful beliefs, and practices alternative responses that can be used in daily life.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and encourage action toward those values even when difficult feelings are present. ACT helps people choose direction and take small steps aligned with what matters to them. Dialectical Behavior Therapy supplies concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving communication when feelings escalate.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is a team effort. Habiba will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs, then pick strategies to try together. That collaborative process includes reviewing how exercises worked and adjusting plans based on results.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and to practice skills between meetings. It can also allow shorter check-ins or sessions that reduce travel, support workday scheduling, and make it simpler to use role-plays and in-the-moment homework that relate directly to daily routines.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, low self-esteem, life changes, and ADHD concerns. Additional areas include communication problems, guilt and shame, obsessions and compulsions, and post-traumatic stress.
How does she use CBT in sessions?
CBT is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test more adaptive responses. Sessions often include brief exercises and thought records to practice new thinking patterns.
What is her experience background?
She holds an LPC credential and has three years of clinical experience. Her background also includes work in educational settings that informs her view of development and learned patterns.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is based in Texas and practices as an LPC in that state.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options with the provider before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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