Akilah Sigler(she/they)

Akilah Sigler is a licensed Mental Health Counselor based in New York and working with adults. Akilah's style is characterized as warm, customized, and collaborative. She is committed to the continuous learning and unlearning that enables her to be responsive to the needs of her communities, particularly BIPOC & TGNC/LGB+ clients. Many of her clients come to therapy feeling stuck, uncertain, uneasy, or depressed. Akilah works with clients to contextualize these experiences fostering deeper insight, creative responses, meaning, and connection. She believes that therapeutic work extends beyond the therapy session and emphasizes systemic responses to systemic injustice.

Akilah has received basic-training in EMDR, which uses bilateral stimulation to decrease the after-effects of trauma. She is currently completing certification with The Center for Body Trust where she has built on a foundation that includes and affirms bodies of all sizes in the pursuit of quality healthcare. Akilah's perspective and work are influenced by Audre Lorde, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Aubrey Gordon, Dr. Ken Hardy, and many more who have contributed to intersectional, feminist thought.

Akilah is drawn to therapy for its respect of the depth, scope, and complexities of all people. Outside of private practice, she enjoys cooking, being in nature, reading, learning user experience design, and if we're being real, reality tv.