- Relationship support
- Parenting help
- ADHD focus
About Makini
Makini Leno is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, coping with life changes, and attention-related difficulties. She aims to make the first step toward change feel possible and supported.
Makini encourages open conversation and gentle honesty in sessions. She creates space for people to talk about their thoughts and feelings without judgment. That begins with listening and asking practical questions about what is most important to the person in front of her.
Her work often centers on everyday problems like communication breakdowns, commitment doubts, and parenting strain. She also helps people who are managing changes after separation, adoption or blended family transitions, and the stress of caregiving. Concerns related to ADHD, autism, and sexual identity or kink culture are also part of her practice focus.
Makini draws on several therapeutic approaches to guide sessions. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches to spot unhelpful thinking. She also weaves in acceptance-based strategies and attachment-focused perspectives to address emotion and relationship patterns.
Sessions are collaborative and practical. Makini aims to help people build skills they can use between meetings, such as clearer communication, emotion regulation strategies, or steps to manage focus and routine. She supports each person in setting goals that fit their life and values.
How her approaches guide online work
Makini commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match personal values. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people build more secure ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the process and is decided together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Sessions can combine methods so practical skills and relationship understanding grow side by side.
If you are considering online sessions, check the available session options before booking to confirm how Makini currently works. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Many people find that working this way helps them practice new skills in the context of daily life while keeping therapy focused on concrete steps and relationship changes.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Makini help with?
She works with people on relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, coping with life changes, and attention or focus difficulties. Additional areas include adoption and foster care, autism, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and related family concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is open and collaborative, centered on listening first. She focuses on practical steps and skill building alongside exploring emotions and relationship patterns.
What is her clinical background?
She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and has five years of professional experience working with the listed concerns.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is licensed in Texas and practices with that state credential.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's listed availability.