Wanda Olugbala , LMSW

Wanda Olugbala is a Licensed Master Social Worker with 30 years of clinical experience. She has spent her career helping people who give so much to others that their own needs fall behind. Wanda focuses on restoring balance, easing compassion fatigue, and rebuilding everyday energy for people in demanding roles.

Wanda listens first and then works together with each person to set clear, achievable goals. She blends practical tools with reflective conversation to address stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship patterns. Sessions emphasize small changes that fit into real life and build better routines over time.

Her background includes long experience in both clinical and community settings in Michigan. Wanda uses familiar approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and narrative work to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and rewrite difficult stories about themselves. She also draws on acceptance-based ideas to support people facing ongoing challenges.

Common issues she addresses include grief, parenting strain, anger, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, and the stress that comes from caregiving or demanding jobs. Wanda also supports people navigating fertility, adoption and foster care challenges, blended family dynamics, and midlife transitions.

Sessions are practical and compassionate. Wanda helps people set boundaries, restore self-care, and take manageable steps toward clearer priorities. The focus is on steady progress and usable skills that help people keep giving to others without losing themselves.

Approaches that fit online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then identify what matters most and take small actions toward those values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and helps rewrite those stories in ways that open up new options.

Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. Wanda treats approach selection as collaborative and will help clients try methods that match their goals, preferences, and life demands. If one way of working doesn’t fit, she adapts and finds alternatives that feel more useful.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when a deeper exchange is helpful. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, processing between sessions, or when writing feels more natural. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent even with a full schedule.