Wanda Olugbala

For thirty years Wanda Olugbala has focused her clinical work on what she calls “healing the helper” - providing care and restoration for people who spend their lives supporting others. As a licensed clinical social worker in Michigan (MI LMSW 6801072064) and a certified member of the Academy of Clinical Social Workers, she offers experienced, compassionate support to parents, healthcare professionals, teachers, social workers, first responders, and community organizers who have prioritized others for too long.

Wanda combines interpersonal therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques to address both relationship patterns and thought processes that contribute to burnout, compassion fatigue, anxiety, or depression. Her approach is collaborative and solution-focused, building on clients' existing strengths while teaching practical strategies for sustainable self-care and clearer boundary setting.

She works with people facing family conflicts, grief, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, stress, LGBTQ concerns, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping disorders, anger management, career struggles, depression, major life transitions, and ADHD. Wanda emphasizes purposeful, hopeful progress as she helps clients convert the exhaustion of constant giving into renewed energy, move past limiting beliefs, and reinforce important relationships.

In online sessions Wanda creates a respectful environment where clients' experience and wisdom are acknowledged. Rather than presenting herself as the sole authority, she serves as a compassionate guide who helps clients uncover their own solutions and implement practical tools to nurture meaningful connections, protect personal boundaries, and rediscover joy in both personal and professional life.