Adekunle "Ade" Ojelade, LCSW

Adekunle "Ade" Ojelade is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. He helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and depression. Ade aims to guide people toward practical steps that bring relief and clearer choices.

Ade draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered ways of working to keep sessions grounded and focused. He uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness to help with emotion regulation and staying present. For trauma and abuse, he can also use EMDR to address distressing memories.

Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-oriented. Ade encourages people to set small, realistic changes they can try between meetings. He also works on communication, coping with chronic illness or caregiver strain, and issues like abandonment or codependency.

Over three decades he has worked in both Europe and the United States. His LCSW credential means he holds a clinical social work license. Ade is based in Florida and conducts sessions in English.

People often seek him for help after major life transitions such as divorce or separation, or when dealing with chronic pain, cancer-related stress, or dissociation. He combines practical skill-building with attention to each person’s life story to help build stability and hope.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Ade uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking and change behavior patterns. CBT sessions often include practical homework and specific skills to reduce anxiety, manage depression, or address addictive behaviors.

He also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship. That approach creates space to talk through feelings and priorities while the person sets the pace and goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Ade will work collaboratively to determine which methods fit a person’s needs and goals, and he will adjust the plan if something isn’t working. Clients and the therapist decide together what to try next.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction and teaching skills, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or health needs without traveling.