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Laura Akins

LPC · Texas · Online sessions

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Best all-around if you want simple onboarding and quick matching.
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Best for: frequent check-ins via messaging
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About Laura Akins

Welcome to BetterHelp! I look forward to knowing you and helping you to have a better, more peaceful and fulfilling life. My approach to counseling is relaxed – one person listening to and sharing with another – the simple, but not always easy, principles that make life better. A person can go to college, pass the tests and get the license. But a human being with heart, combined with past experiences can feel another’s difficulties and emotional pain. Because of the victories and tragedies in my own life, I can relate to the hardships of others. Most of my career has been dedicated to helping people with emotional issues that steal peace and fulfillment. My graduate research was in the field of spiritual development. Whatever your personal religious beliefs might be, I am skilled at helping you find spiritual solutions to life’s physical and emotional problems. I have 34 years experience assisting people heal from emotions relationship, and purpose of life issues. I relate to others, not based on gender, race, politics, or creed, but on the “the content of their character,” as Dr. ML King said.

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Languages Spoken

  • English

Laura Akins is serving from:

Texas

Years in practice

34 years

NPI number

  • 1508116161

License Details

TX LPC 63236

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