Dr. Anila Malik, LPC

Dr. Anila Malik is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 36 years of experience in mental health and substance use settings. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and brings long-term clinical work with adolescents, adults, and older adults into her practice. She speaks English, Punjabi, and Urdu and accepts international clients.

Her background includes office management, consultation, and supervising interns. She has worked with a wide range of concerns, including mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, OCD, psychotic disorders, and co-occurring substance use. She has provided individual, group, and family therapy in past roles.

In sessions she emphasizes a humanistic, compassionate approach. She aims to listen first, then build a plan that fits each person's situation. She uses practical strategies people can try between meetings.

Her clinical methods include client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, emotionally-focused therapy, and mindfulness techniques. These are used to address problems like stress, depression, addiction, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and coping with life changes.

Dr. Malik works with issues related to parenting and family stress, ADHD, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and multicultural or veteran and armed forces concerns. She focuses on helping people identify realistic steps, practice new skills, and make steady changes over time.

To begin, readers are encouraged to use the site Start Therapy workflow to match and schedule a session based on therapist availability.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a relationship that helps people feel heard. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects feelings, and helps identify goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches skills to shift patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, or compulsive behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, blends skill training for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness and can help with strong emotions and relationship struggles.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then recommend methods that fit. It is common to combine techniques from different approaches as the work evolves.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it possible for people in other states or countries to connect, since international clients are accepted. Talk with the therapist about practical arrangements and what will work best for daily routines.