Aneeqa Ishtiaq
(She/Her/Hers)
Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
I provide mindfulness and emotion focused guidance to work with concerns and aspirations, aligning to work towards one’s best life possible.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). I earned my MS and PhD from the University of Arkansas with a focus on clinical mental health counseling and mindfulness. I have been practicing since 2010 and my work primarily has been as a Senior Mental Health Clinician at the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Previously, I was a Counselor in Residence for University Housing serving as a counselor for on-campus students. My expertise is in the areas of mindfulness, self-esteem, introversion concerns, anxiety, depression, trauma, family dynamics, pregnancy/postpartum, multicultural concerns, and relational distress. I am grateful to be able to serve as a counselor as I have grown up wanting to do this work. I am passionate about being a guide and counsel for others as they deepen and clarify their life, and I want to aid in their search for meaning, connection and connection and contentedness. Our lives inevitably have struggles and periods of confusion, and I deeply value the strife and courage towards wholeness and health. I encourage this journey for everyone and will be honored to be a part of yours.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Abuse
- Academic Concerns
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Issues
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism
- Avoidant Personality
- Binge-Eating Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality
- Burnout
- Career
- Childhood Abuse
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- Cognitive Functioning
- Compulsive Exercise
- Conflict Resolution
- Dependent Personality
- Depression
- Divorce
- Drug Use
- Eating Concerns
- End of Life
- Family Caregiving Stress
- Financial Concerns
- Gambling Concerns
- Gaming/Internet Concerns
- Gender Identity
- Grief and Loss
- Histrionic Personality
- Hoarding
- Immigration/Acculturation
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intimacy Concerns
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Men's Issues
- Narcissistic Personality
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
- Panic
- Paranoid Personality
- Parenting Concerns
- Peer Difficulties
- Perfectionism
- Performance Anxiety
- Personal Growth
- Personality Disorders
- Phobia
- Physical Assault
- Physical Stress
- Polyamorous relationship
- Postpartum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy/Loss of Pregnancy
- Psychosis
- Racial Identity
- Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
- Relationship Violence/Stalking/Harassment
- Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
- Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- School Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sex Addiction/Pornography Concerns
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Concerns
- Sexual Identity
- Sleep Concerns
- Social Anxiety
- Spiritual/Religious Concerns
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
- Seniors (65 or older)
Special groups
- Adult children of alcoholics
- Body positivity
- Immigrants
- Neurodivergent people
- People of color
- People who are bisexual
- People who identify as gay
- People who identify as lesbian
- People who identify as non-binary
- People who identify as queer
- People with disabilities
- Professional Healthcare Providers
- Transgender
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Assessment/Evaluation
- Individual Therapy
- Communal Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Behavior Modification
- Couples Therapy
- Group Therapy
Treatments
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Attachment-Based Therapies
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Culturally-Sensitive Therapy
- Mindfulness Training
- Dream Interpretation
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Gestalt Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming Therapy
- Object Relations Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
- Reality Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Relational Psychotherapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Gottman Method
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Internal Family Systems Therapy
Location
Accommodations
Entering the practice
- Well-lit path to entrance
- Door can be opened easily
- Flat path to the front door
Getting around
- Wide hallways (36” or 90cm)
Remote options
- Voice
- Video
Payment options
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Aetna – Arkansas
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Arkansas
- Qual Choice – Arkansas
- UMR – Arkansas
- United Health Care – Arkansas
- In-network insurance
- Single case agreement
- Out-of-network insurance
- Out-of-pocket
Payment methods
- Apple Pay
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
- Debit Card
- Flexible Spending Account
- Google Pay
- Health Savings Account
- Online
- Paypal
- Venmo
- Zelle
Credentials
Licenses
LPC
Arkansas
P1410088, Arkansas
Education
University of Arkansas
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2017
Psychotherapy, Mindfulness