Dr. Wanda Boutte, LCSW

Dr. Wanda Boutte is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of experience helping people steady themselves through hard times. She works with individuals facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, relationship struggles, parenting stress, and identity concerns. Short practical goals and clear steps are typical in her sessions. She aims to make therapy feel understandable and doable for people juggling busy lives.

In session she blends straightforward talk with tools that help change thoughts and behaviors. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside acceptance-based ideas to help clients notice patterns and try small experiments. Attachment-informed thinking guides work on intimacy and relationship problems, and a client-centered stance keeps the person’s priorities central.

Her background includes two decades of counseling people from diverse backgrounds across many life stages. She has supported people dealing with trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and blended family stress, and caregiving or end-of-life concerns. Other areas she addresses include career transitions, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and issues related to prejudice or discrimination.

Dr. Boutte offers practical strategies for coping with overwhelming feelings, improving communication, and building routines that support better sleep and mood. She also helps clients sort through complicated grief, abandonment, and adoption-related concerns.

Sessions are offered in English and are provided to people located in California. Therapy can include short-term coaching-style work or longer-term support depending on what the person wants to accomplish.

Using CBT, ACT, and Attachment Ideas Online

Dr. Boutte commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT focuses on simple exercises and small experiments that can reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes noticing difficult feelings and choosing values-based actions, which can help with stress, grief, and chronic worry.

Attachment-based ideas guide her work on relationship patterns and intimacy. These concepts look at how early relationship experiences shape current reactions and help people build more secure ways of connecting. Together these approaches give practical tools and clearer goals that clients try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. From there she and the client pick methods to try and adjust them over time based on feedback.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when someone has limited bandwidth or prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, short coaching-style support, or when written reflection helps the client progress.