Dr. Ruby Akhigbe

Dr. Ruby Akhigbe greets people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, or relationship strain. She recognizes how heavy worry, role overload, grief, and harmful relationship patterns can feel. She frames therapy as a place to learn new responses, communicate more clearly, and build steady routines for day-to-day life.

She draws on 27 years of clinical counseling and holds a doctorate, a master's degree, and a bachelor's degree. Her style is warm and listening-first. She aims to create a calm space where people can name what’s hard and try practical steps forward.

Her work often focuses on attachment and relationship dynamics, abandonment concerns, family-of-origin issues, codependency, and communication problems. She also supports people coping with dissociation, mood concerns, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, and the effects of trauma and abuse.

Clinically, she uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She blends these methods to fit each person’s needs rather than using a single technique.

In sessions she teaches concrete skills for managing negative rumination, improving listening and clarity in conversations, setting boundaries, and reducing role overload. She encourages gradual change, self-compassion, and active practice between meetings.

Dr. Akhigbe practices in Texas and conducts work in English. She invites people to take a first step toward clearer thinking and healthier interactions.

How therapy approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to commit to small actions that match personal values. This can help with anxiety, rumination, and feeling stuck. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns, focusing on building safer ways of relating and improving emotional connection in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that suit your needs and preferences. You and the therapist will decide together whether a particular technique feels useful and adjust as you go.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people work with a licensed professional from wherever they live in Texas, helping therapy to fit into everyday life without needing large schedule changes.