About

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Texas. I've worked as psychotherapist and crisis interventionist in the Dallas Metro area since 1979. I work with clients presenting with a broad range of issues, including depression, anxiety, childhood abuse, marital and family problems, trauma and stress disorders, post-trautic adjustment disorders, and bereavement.

My counseling style is interactive and straight forward. Person-centered and cognitive behavioral theories of psychotherapy are my primary approaches to treatment. Person-centered therapy is used to build and maintain a healthy therapeutic relationship and cognitiv behavioral therapy is used to explore and expose destructive self-defeating thinking and coping behaviors. I also believe humor is the "spoonful of sugar" that helps the medicine go down.

Clients tell me I am a kind person. I appreciate that because I genuinely care about others and want to help them when I can.

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Basic Data

Entity Type: Individual; Sole Proprietor

Organization Name: Akber M. Ashraf, M.d., P.a.

Gender

Female

Therapy Specialties

  • ADHD
  • Addiction
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar
  • Career Counseling
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • Hospice
  • Life Coaching
  • Parenting
  • Personality Disorders
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Stress
  • Trauma And PTSD
  • Women's Issues

Treatment Orientation

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Existential
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Trauma Focused

Modality

  • Couples

Years in Practice

40 years

Languages

  • English

Faith

  • Christian

Healthcare Provider Taxonomy

  • Code: 101YM0800X
  • Grouping: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
  • Classification: Counselor
  • Specialization: Mental Health

Credentials

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Supervisor (LCSW-S)

Licenses

Name License Number State
LCSW 11120 Verify TX

Practice Locations

3740 N Josey Ln

#246

Carrollton, TX 75007-2474

Phone Number: (972) 492-0755

Fax Number: (972) 492-1398

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