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Bola Alimi, LPC

  • Experience5 years
  • LocationSouth Carolina
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing
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About Bola

Bola Alimi is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people manage ADHD alongside a broad range of concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, trauma, addictions, and stress.

Background and approach

With five years of clinical practice, she brings an empathetic, client-centered stance that welcomes each person with dignity and respect while working toward concrete change. Her approach blends practical, evidence-informed strategies such as cognitive behavioral techniques, solution-focused methods, and motivational interviewing to reduce distress and build coping skills.

Bola has experience addressing intimacy-related issues, family challenges, grief and life transitions, as well as concerns like eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue. She also attends to more specific issues including infidelity, blended family dynamics, antisocial personality concerns, and social anxiety.

Located in South Carolina, Bola holds LPC credentials and emphasizes collaboration and perseverance as central to lasting progress. She frames therapy as a partnership that asks for commitment and openness while offering structured tools and encouragement to support clients ready to make meaningful changes.

Approaches that guide online sessions

CBT helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors by using structured exercises and practical homework. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and many daily-life difficulties where changing thoughts and actions can reduce symptoms and improve functioning.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, client-centered method that explores ambivalence and strengthens personal motivation to change. This approach is useful for issues where readiness or commitment varies, such as addiction concerns, behavioral goals, and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. The therapist collaborates with each client to determine which combination of strategies fits their goals, preferences, and circumstances, adjusting methods as progress unfolds.

Online sessions can take place through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer practical flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These options can make consistent care more accessible by reducing travel time and allowing clients to connect from convenient locations while maintaining regular contact with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, addictions, ADHD, and stress-related concerns.
What therapy style can I expect?
Treatment blends cognitive behavioral techniques, solution-focused strategies, and motivational interviewing to build skills, set goals, and increase motivation for change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Bola brings five years of professional counseling experience to her practice, applying practical interventions across varied client concerns.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with credential details SC LPC 7284 and GA LPC LPC012500 and she is based in South Carolina.
Does she offer services in other languages or overseas?
Sessions are conducted in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their preferences and scheduling.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issues

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Antisocial personalityBlended family issuesDomestic violenceFamily problemsInfidelitySelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobia

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

5+ years

Licensed

South Carolina, Georgia

Languages

English

What Bola can help with

Bola Alimi works with clients on relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues.

Bola works with issues regarding infidelity, depression, and relationships.

Bola works with anxiety, learned helplessness, and trauma.

How Bola approaches therapy

Bola's clinical approaches include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Bola is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in South Carolina, with 5 years of clinical experience.