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Alexandra Okeke-Banks

Licensed Professional Counselor

Accepts

Aetna, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Oscar (Optum), Oxford (Optum), Quest Behavioral Health, and United Healthcare (Optum)

Specializes in

Anxiety, Cultural & Ethnic Issues, Family Issues, PTSD, and Trauma

Great to meet you!

As a counselor and former teacher, Alexandra enjoys helping clients envision their personal goals and facilitating progress and lasting growth. Alexandra primarily utilizes elements of CBT, Person-Centered, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She believes in the importance of developing a collaborative counseling relationship that inspires, equips, and motivates clients to live their best life.

A bit about my approach to therapy

Alexandra likes to take a trauma-informed approach and doing therapy that creates meaningful change.

What you can expect from our first session

Clients can expect to take away from our sessions a better knowledge of how to change their unhealthy cycles, mindsets, and destructive ways of coping. My goals is also for clients to feel heard, seen, and appreciated no matter what challenges they are facing in their life.


Alexandra's style is

Open-minded
Humorous
Holistic

Insurance carriers Alexandra accepts

Aetna
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna
Oscar
Oxford
Quest Behavioral Health
United Healthcare

More about Alexandra

MC (Masters in Counseling) at Walden University
License type: LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) (Texas)
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Black or African descent and Latinx
Languages: English
Works with: Adolescents and Adults
More specialties: Substance Use / Addiction, Depression, OCD, Stress, Grief, Loss, Relationship Issues, Women's Issues, and Identity Issues
Modalities: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Strength-Based, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Trauma Focused CBT, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Attachment Based

Location

3810 Medical Parkway Ste 119
Austin, TX 78756