Dr. Agyenim Akuamoah-Boateng, LCMHC

Dr. Agyenim Akuamoah-Boateng is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina with 23 years of clinical experience. He has worked in mental health and substance use settings since 1998 and has been a private practitioner since 2001. He helps people facing addiction, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and other life challenges. Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals rather than abstract theories.

He combines approaches that match each person's needs. Much of his work draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral techniques, and client-centered care. He also uses attachment-based ideas and dialectical behavior strategies when those fit a person's situation. This means sessions often include learning new coping skills, practicing emotional regulation, and clarifying values.

Dr. Akuamoah-Boateng has experience supporting people with substance use and dual diagnoses, including medical and mental health needs alongside addiction. He offers recovery skills training for people aiming for abstinence from alcohol, prescription medications, or illicit drugs. He also helps with grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Conversations in sessions are straightforward and goal oriented. He works to help people set achievable steps and build confidence to meet those goals. Therapy may include motivation-focused techniques to help people find reasons to change and sustain progress.

Dr. Akuamoah-Boateng provides services in English and is available to international clients. He asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin and to schedule sessions based on his availability.

How therapeutic approaches inform online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and connect with what matters to them. It is often used for anxiety, trauma responses, and motivation to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going. It is commonly used for depression, anxiety, and coping skills training. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current connections and helps people improve emotional bonds and communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and challenges and then pick methods that fit each person's needs. That process is collaborative - clients help decide what feels most useful and adjustments are made as progress is tracked.

Confirm the available session options before booking so you know how sessions are offered. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into daily life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins, and letting people join from different locations. It also makes it simpler to schedule around work, caregiving, or medical appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT for online delivery with practical exercises, homework, and skills coaching to support recovery and behavior change.