Augustina Garba

Augustina Garba helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, grief, trauma, or hard relationship problems. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC, and a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, with more than two decades in the field. She writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person.

She began her career after earning a master’s degree in Counseling from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater in 2002. Early work included adult mental health care for people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and an internship where she supported severely abused and neglected children. Those experiences shaped her focus on trauma and long-term recovery.

In 2009 she opened a private practice and expanded her work to include individual and family sessions and help for adult survivors of childhood abuse. She supports people dealing with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, panic, and stress that follows abuse. She also assists with relationship challenges, divorce-related concerns, anger, and parenting strain.

Her style is collaborative and practical. She listens, teaches skills, and gives tangible assignments clients can use between sessions. The goal is to restore confidence and help people build better ways of coping and relating.

Clients can expect consistent support and a steady therapeutic relationship. She frames progress as small steps toward longer-term change and aims to help people find hope and workable solutions.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on helping people process past traumatic events and reduce symptoms that follow such experiences. It often includes paced discussions about what happened, coping skills for stressful moments, and building patterns that support daily functioning.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values-based actions so people can move toward meaningful life goals even when emotions are hard.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, listening approach. The therapist offers empathy and reflection to help people clarify their own goals and find their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest approaches that fit. Decisions about methods and pacing are made collaboratively so the plan reflects what the person needs.

Confirm current online session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a quick update is needed. Licensed professionals can adapt Trauma-Focused Therapy, ACT, and Client-Centered techniques to work in remote sessions, while tailoring practice tasks to everyday life.