Dr. Anila Malik

Dr. Anila Malik is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 36 years in mental health. She practices from Georgia and brings long experience in counseling and substance abuse work. She speaks English, Punjabi, and Urdu and accepts international clients.

Her background includes office management, program contracts, supervising interns, and clinical consultation. She has worked with adolescents and adults across many settings. Her caseload has included depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, PTSD, OCD, personality disorders, and co-occurring substance use concerns.

In sessions she uses clear, practical methods such as cognitive behavioral tools and client-centered work. She also draws on dialectical behavior strategies, emotionally focused ideas, and mindfulness practices to help people manage strong emotions and daily challenges. Expect collaborative goal setting and a treatment plan tailored to individual needs.

Dr. Malik’s approach is described as humanistic, compassionate, and respectful. She aims to create space where people can talk through stress, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, and struggles with self-esteem or addictions. She helps people build skills to cope with life changes and difficult symptoms.

She has experience providing individual and group work and has run programs for a range of ages. Her long career includes assessment, treatment planning, and supervision roles, which inform a practical, experienced way of working with clients.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding. The therapist offers a respectful, nonjudgmental space and helps people clarify what matters most to them. This approach often helps with self-esteem, grief, and relationship concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It teaches specific skills to change unhelpful thinking and build healthier routines, which can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep or eating challenges.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. These techniques support people who struggle with intense emotions or relationship conflicts and who want practical coping strategies.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose and adjust methods based on goals, comfort, and progress. That way sessions stay focused and relevant to what the person needs now.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week and fewer barriers to connecting across locations. Because the therapist's current session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm which formats are offered before booking. Many people find remote work helps them keep regular appointments, shorten travel time, and use brief check-ins when life gets busy.