About Obaogodara
Obaogodara (Preference: Dara) Oluwasanmi is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings six years of counseling experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, mood disorders, and ADHD. Dara values straightforward, respectful care and works with each person to set clear goals.
She often begins by listening carefully to what feels most urgent. Sessions emphasize practical steps that can be used between meetings.
Background and approach
Dara uses plain language and a calm, patient manner so people can talk without judgment. Her background includes work with persistent and complex mental health conditions in clinical settings. That experience informs how she structures treatment plans and coordinates care when needs are more complicated.
She aims to match interventions to what a person can realistically try in daily life. In session Dara draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the conversation focused on the person's goals and strengths.
Mindfulness exercises are added when grounding and present-moment skills are helpful. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Dara encourages small experiments between sessions and checks progress regularly.
She describes seeking therapy as a brave step and aims to make the process manageable and focused on real-life change.
How Dara’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's own goals and strengths, with the therapist responding to what the client brings to each session. This approach helps people gain clarity and confidence to try new behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and stress management.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Dara will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then tailor sessions. The plan can change over time based on what helps most, and clients are encouraged to give feedback throughout the process.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit daily life. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can help with quick check-ins, homework prompts, or when someone prefers typing to talking. These options aim to increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep therapy consistent.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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