Augustina Garba, LPCC, LPC - Therapist in Wisconsin

About Augustina

Augustina Garba greets worried parents with calm, direct support for family and parenting concerns. She focuses on practical steps that can ease stress at home. Her approach is collaborative and hands-on, with clear guidance and short assignments parents can try between sessions.

Augustina holds LPCC and LPC credentials and brings over two decades of clinical experience. She earned a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater and began her career working with adults who had serious mental illnesses.

Background and approach

Early clinical placements also involved children who had experienced severe abuse and neglect. Those experiences shaped a long-term interest in helping families heal and find stability. Over the years she moved into independent practice, working with children, adults, and families.

She offers individual and family therapy and supports adult survivors of childhood abuse dealing with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, panic, and stress. She also counsels couples on relationship issues, separation, and communication struggles. In sessions she listens closely, teaches practical skills, and gives tangible tasks to practice outside therapy.

Her work emphasizes restoring confidence and helping families rebuild routines and connection. Parents can expect straightforward feedback and concrete strategies for managing behavior, anger, and everyday conflicts. Her clinical toolbox includes cognitive-behavioral and emotionally-focused approaches alongside mindfulness and acceptance-based techniques.

She aims to tailor methods to each family’s needs, helping them find safer patterns and stronger communication over time.

Approach-focused care for families online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match your values; it can help parents and children act differently even when emotions run high. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through skill building and practice, which is useful for anxiety, anger, and mood problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps partners and family members identify and shift patterns of interaction to rebuild trust and connection after conflict or loss.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each family about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit the situation. Over time techniques can be adjusted based on what helps most, and the therapist will provide simple exercises to use between sessions.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which lets families choose what fits their schedule and comfort level. These options make it easier to keep consistent meetings, include caregivers who live apart, and follow up quickly when problems come up. The focus remains on making therapy practical, accessible, and tailored to each family’s needs.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, grief, eating issues, intimacy concerns, and ADHD-related struggles.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens closely, teaches skills, and assigns short exercises to practice between sessions.

What is her clinical background?

She has 21 years of experience, began working with adults with serious mental illness, and later focused on children, families, and survivors of childhood abuse.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds LPCC and LPC credentials with registration MN LPCC 03852 and WI LPC 3758-125 and practices in Wisconsin.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 21 years
Licensed: Wisconsin, Minnesota
Languages: English

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