Dr. Athena Porter - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

Accepting new clients

21 years experience | Counselor of Color

About Dr. Athena Porter

Welcome!
I am a person, who like many other human beings, has skills and talents. As a qualified mental health care provider with a doctorate in Clinical/Community Psychology, I have been using my talents to help people afflicted with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and other psychological disorders. While I appreciate the wide-range benefits of an eclectic approach, I prefer and tend to apply cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and sociocultural models in counseling and therapy sessions.

I view life as a journey in which we, as human beings, use our mind, body, and spirit to solve problems, overcome adversity, and enjoy life. Besides helping people alleviate symptoms derived from mental illness, I provide support for personal growth within the context life coaching and wellness sessions.

The span of my career is more than twenty years. The local and global scopes of my vision as a healer, have led me to provide community psychology services in Chicagoland, numerous cities in other parts of the United States, and Ghana (Africa). These community-wide services entail conducting presentations at community health fairs, disseminating information for various type of awareness campaigns (examples: suicide prevention, domestic violence, PTSD, HIV/AIDS, smoking cessation, substance abuse, and Covid19). Moreover, I have imparted information about mental health through the media.

I love providing psychological services! I am grateful to be gifted as a healer! Furthermore, I look forward to serving you!

Enjoy balance in body, mind, and spirit,

Dr. Athena Porter

Licenses

LCPC

180.002727

Professional experience

Addictions
ADHD
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Career difficulties
Coaching
Coping with life changes
Depression
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

Caregiver issues and stress
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Family of origin issues
Isolation / loneliness
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Existential Therapy
Hypnotherapy
Mindfulness Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy
Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

English

15 Reviews

“Dr.Porter has helped me through a number of topics. She’s great at listening and giving feedback!”

“Dr Porter is a treasure.”

“This journey has been amazing with Dr. Porter! Highly recommend”

“Dr. Porter is really helping me to workout some areas of improvement. I've only had three sessions, but I can already feel the difference! I'm really optimistic about the direction we're going and I know my future self will be grateful for the work I'm doing now!”

“Dr. Porter consistently listens to my thoughts and concerns without judgement and she always responds with respect and care. She is great at what she does and she gives insightful feedback when needed. I notice positive changes in my life since I’ve been working with Dr. Porter.”

“Dr. Porter is an amazing therapist. She listens, checks in on me, gives me helpful worksheets, is patient when I'm silent, and overall such an asset to this therapy platform, and myself. I'm so glad I signed up, and so grateful she was the therapist assigned to me.”

“I've been working with Dr. Porter for a bit over 3 years. She has helped me grow and has supported me all this time to the point where we have concluded daily therapy. Her knowledge, intellect, and experience have helped me greatly in my journey”

“Dr. Porter is very professional and compassionate. She has helped me identify issues I need to work through and provided me with tips and tools to do so.”

“Dr. Porter cares, she listens, and she responds to my concerns with empathy. She genuinely wants to help and get to know me better in hopes of helping me learn new ways to cope with stress and grief.”

“Dr. Porter is great. She’s so relatable, nonjudgmental and approachable that it can feel like you are talking to someone you’ve known for years. Yet, all the while her expertise is guiding you to think through things, have breakthroughs and make changes that make you better. She is very professional and good at explaining the psychology of things. She is patient and a good listener, so she can tell how to best use her skills to help you. I highly recommend her.”

“Never been listened to like I am with Dr. Porter. Great counselor, through and through!”

“Dr. Porter is wise, knowledge, and provides me with great realization on my own on the way she asks me questions. She dives deep into what I'm saying by actively listening and responds in a way that helps me realize what I'm saying. It might seem hard to understand if youve never had therapy. I highly recommend her and wish her well”

“She’s a great therapist and listens very well. She’s excellent at analyzing what I’m saying and pulls things together to make them relevant.”

“Doctor Porter is amazing and I wouldn't want anyone else!”

“Dr. Porter gets me, but most importantly, where I trying to go as a better version of myself.”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.