Therapist profile
Manilla Jenkins, LPC
Alabama
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Addictions
Continue with ManillaWhere Manilla stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Alabama / LPC03864
- NPI
- 1548870868
- Experience
- 30 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Alabama
About
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
About Manilla
Manilla Jenkins is an Alabama Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 30 years of experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship struggles, self-esteem, depression, trauma and intimacy issues. She also addresses sleep problems and career concerns. Manilla lists codependency among her focus areas and helps people who feel stuck putting others first.
Her approach starts from the view that each person is the expert on their own life. She listens for strengths and patterns that can be used to make changes. Sessions tend to focus on clear, practical steps people can use between meetings to test what helps them feel more in control.
Manilla draws on client-centered work to keep the conversation grounded in the client's goals. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and develop alternative behaviors. Motivational Interviewing is used when people want to shift habits around substance use or other compulsive behaviors.
The Gottman Method informs her work around relationship communication and conflicts, with an emphasis on specific interaction skills rather than theory. Mindfulness techniques are offered as simple practices for reducing stress and improving sleep.
People meet her expecting straightforward conversations and concrete strategies. She encourages small experiments and honest feedback about what is or isn’t working. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule the first session through the See online therapy options button.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Manilla commonly blends client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. Client-centered work means conversations that focus on the client's priorities and strengths, helping people name what matters most. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and introduces small, testable changes to try between sessions. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to explore ambivalence and support steps toward reducing substance use or other compulsive habits.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. That helps decide whether to prioritize skills practice, thought work, communication coaching, or motivation-focused conversations.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit conversations into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel time or allowing shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They also allow practicing new communication skills and behavioral experiments in day-to-day settings and then discussing what happened in the next meeting.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Alabama
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, self-esteem, depression, trauma, intimacy issues, sleep and career concerns. Codependency and related patterns are listed among her focus areas.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered style that emphasizes the person's own goals and strengths. Practical tools from CBT and motivational interviewing are used to test changes between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of professional work experience helping people with stress, addictions, relationship and confidence issues.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - licensed in Alabama and practices there.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.