Wanda Olugbala, LMSW - Therapist in Michigan

About Wanda

Wanda Olugbala is a Licensed Master Social Worker with 30 years of clinical experience. She has focused much of her work on supporting people who give a lot to others and need help restoring their own balance. Wanda practices in Michigan and offers care in English.

Her style is warm and collaborative. She prefers practical, goal-oriented conversations that help people make small changes that add up. Sessions tend to focus on identifying patterns, tightening boundaries, and building straightforward strategies for self-care.

Background and approach

Wanda combines several therapeutic methods to fit each person’s situation. She uses acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, cognitive behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thinking, and narrative approaches to reframe difficult life stories. She also draws on psychodynamic and solution-focused ideas when those perspectives help move work forward.

Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental tone. Wanda aims to treat the person as an active partner rather than an object of treatment. She emphasizes steps you can try between sessions and celebrates small progress as part of long-term change.

Her approach is practical and steady. Over decades of practice she has helped people who face burnout, grief, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and life transitions. Conversations are arranged to fit real life, whether by phone, video, chat, or text, so therapeutic work can continue around a busy schedule.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name what truly matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when feelings are difficult. It can be useful for stress, burnout, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with doable experiments, which often helps reduce anxiety and mood struggles. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and opens space to rewrite those stories in more helpful ways.

Deciding on an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss these methods and other options, and then tailor a mix based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. Clients and the therapist work together to check what is helpful and adjust course as needed.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. These formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and reduce travel time, while still allowing ongoing, consistent work toward clear goals. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and tools to each online format so progress continues between meetings.

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.

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.

Narrative Therapy

Looking at the story you have come to tell about yourself, and where it came from. The work is in separating the problem from your identity and finding accounts that fit you better.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Wanda address?

She works with a wide range of concerns including family issues, grief, parenting, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and related matters such as compassion fatigue and burnout.

What is Wanda's therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and practical, emphasizing clear goals, small steps, and tools you can use between sessions to improve boundaries and wellbeing.

How much experience does she have?

She has 30 years of clinical experience as a licensed social worker practicing in Michigan.

What credentials and location apply?

She is an LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker - with credential MI LMSW 6801072064 and practices in Michigan.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

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

How is cost handled?

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

How do I begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Family conflicts
Grief
Parenting issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 30 years
Licensed: Michigan
Languages: English

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