About Adewale
Adewale (Wale) Adegbenle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience based in New York. He helps people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and relationship strain. Wale aims to build a working relationship where people feel heard and can set realistic goals for change.
Wale uses straightforward talk and practical tools in sessions. He listens first to understand what feels most urgent. Then he and the client pick simple steps to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on coping skills, thought patterns, motivation, and small behavior changes that make daily life easier. He draws on client-centered methods to keep the conversation rooted in each person's priorities. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to notice and shift unhelpful thinking.
He also incorporates mindfulness and solution-focused methods to reduce stress and find immediate strategies for problems. Wale's background includes work in health and substance use settings. That experience informs his approach to addiction and co-occurring concerns.
He also supports people dealing with grief, parenting stress, career worries, chronic illness, and first responder stress. Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients. His style is warm and direct, aimed at helping people move from feeling stuck to making practical progress.
New clients start by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered work focuses on the client's priorities and what matters most in their life. Online sessions let the therapist listen carefully, reflect concerns, and help set realistic, step-by-step goals for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress and adapts well to video or phone sessions. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and improve coping; these exercises can be guided in a live call or reinforced through text check-ins.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust plans based on what helps. Clients and the therapist work together to decide whether CBT, mindfulness, or a more client-centered plan feels best.
Online formats offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and real-time skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, homework prompts, and ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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