Augustina Garba, LPCC, LPC

Augustina Garba is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, and grief. She approaches therapy in a straightforward way and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. She has more than two decades of experience and works from Wisconsin.

Garba earned a master’s degree in Counseling from the University of Wisconsin Whitewater and holds LPCC and LPC credentials. Early in her career she worked with adults living with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and was involved in internships supporting severely abused and neglected children. Those experiences guided her toward trauma work and helping parents and caretakers.

She offers individual and family therapy and meets with adults who are survivors of childhood abuse. Her work often addresses depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, panic, and stress. She also helps people with relationship issues, communication problems, anger, and intimacy-related concerns.

In sessions she listens closely and teaches skills people can practice between meetings. She uses structured approaches that include cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-focused work alongside emotion-focused and client-centered methods. Therapy includes clear goals and take-home assignments to build confidence and steady progress.

Garba emphasizes steady, reliable support and tries to make the process collaborative. People who want practical tools, readable explanations, and a therapist who will follow through may find this a good fit.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Augustina often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT-style work typically uses short experiments, thought records, and concrete homework to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is another approach she uses to help people clarify values and take committed steps even when hard feelings remain. ACT can support work on grief, trauma recovery, and motivation. Client-centered therapy is also part of her approach and focuses on listening closely, reflecting what matters to the client, and building a trusting working relationship. This helps people feel heard while working on goals.

Finding the best mix of techniques is a shared process. She will collaborate with clients to choose strategies that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. That may mean starting with skill-focused CBT tasks, adding acceptance work, or spending more time on emotional processing depending on what the person needs.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good alternative when someone has limited bandwidth or needs a quicker check-in. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework review, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options aim to make ongoing work more flexible and consistent.