Aikaterini KouliakiLMHC, LPC

Aikaterini Kouliaki is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New York who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, postpartum depression, and challenges around pregnancy and childbirth. She speaks English and Greek and draws on seven years of clinical experience to support people navigating grief, relationship strain, sleeping problems, and difficulties with addiction or substance use.

Her sessions emphasize a client-centered, strengths-based style. She listens for what matters most and works with each person to set clear, manageable goals. Practical tools are introduced during sessions to reduce negative thinking and improve daily coping.

Kouliaki commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that feed anxiety or depression. She also integrates attachment-based ideas to look at how close relationships affect emotions and intimacy. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) elements help when relationship feelings and connection are central concerns.

People can expect straightforward conversations and concrete strategies they can apply between appointments. She pays attention to mood, sleep, and substance use as parts of overall wellbeing, and she supports parents and people facing life transitions as they adjust.

Her approach draws on compassion and real-world skills rather than jargon. Aikaterini encourages small, steady steps that fit into daily life and aims to make therapy a practical space for change.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Aikaterini commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and depression. Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationship patterns affect how people feel and react, which can help with intimacy and relationship stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy elements help name and shift strong emotional responses that get in the way of connection.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person's goals, needs, and comfort level. That might mean starting with practical CBT skills and adding attachment or EFT strategies as relationships and emotions become clearer.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, offering shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, reducing travel time, and allowing people to work on emotion regulation or exposure exercises from familiar surroundings. Licensed professionals can guide pacing, homework, and strategies so progress continues between meetings.