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01About Bakahia
Dr. Bakahia Madison helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, life changes, or problems with relationships and substance use. She draws on 15 years of experience working with people facing grief, trauma, low self-esteem, and career or parenting pressures.
Her focus is on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable. Her style is straightforward and respectful. Sessions often include talking through specific situations, trying small changes, and checking what works.
Background and approach
She creates room for clients to name how prejudice or multicultural identity affects them and to find coping strategies that fit their life. Dr. Madison practices as an IL LCPC, which is the Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential.
That background informs how she blends conversation with skills-based work. She uses clear, approachable language rather than jargon. Her clinical tools include client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing.
These methods help with anxiety, sleep problems, addictive behaviors, and shifting thinking patterns that cause distress. People often come to address a mix of concerns - for example, depression with sleep loss, or relationship strain alongside parenting stress. She supports work on goals like improved communication, reducing substance use, managing mood swings, and finding purpose after major life events.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. That flexibility makes it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to try shorter check-ins or longer deep work when needed.
02Credentials
- LCPC (Illinois)
- License 180.010155 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1083178776 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Bakahia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Young adult issues
Methods Bakahia names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Bakahia names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and helping people lead sessions. The therapist follows the client's concerns, reflects what she hears, and helps clients name priorities and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect; it teaches concrete techniques for changing unhelpful thinking and improving mood and sleep.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the client's needs, and adjust plans based on what helps. Clients can expect a mix of talking, practical exercises, and short at-home practices to test between sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video allows deeper conversation and nonverbal cues, phone can be easier with lower bandwidth, live chat is good for short check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or prompts between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy days while trying different formats to see what works best.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist address?
The practice supports a wide range of issues including addiction, trauma, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, relationship and parenting stress, and career or life-purpose questions.
What is the therapy style like?
Sessions combine listening with practical skill-building. Expect client-centered conversation, CBT-style strategy work, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to set and reach goals.
What relevant experience does the therapist have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience helping people with substance use, trauma recovery, communication problems, isolation, and multicultural concerns.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
The therapist holds an IL LCPC credential and practices from Illinois.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their preference.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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