Adekunle "Ade" Ojelade, LCSW

Adekunle "Ade" Ojelade is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and depression. He also offers coaching to support life transitions and recovery. His approach centers on building hope and resilience so people can move forward after difficult events.

Ade uses straightforward conversation and practical tools in sessions. He listens first to understand each person's situation. Then he works collaboratively to set clear, manageable goals. Sessions often include skill practice and steps clients can try between meetings.

His background includes long-term work in social work and counseling in both Europe and the United States. That experience informs how he adapts methods to different cultural and life contexts. He draws on therapeutic methods that focus on the person, on changing unhelpful thought patterns, and on skills for emotional regulation.

In practice he may use client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness exercises, and EMDR-based approaches when appropriate. These methods are mixed to fit each person's needs rather than applied the same way to everyone.

Ade is based in Florida and works in English. People considering therapy with him are encouraged to review the focus areas and choose a path that fits their goals. He emphasizes collaboration and practical steps that make everyday life feel more manageable.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Ade uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques that adapt well to remote sessions. Client-centered methods focus on listening and supporting the person's own goals, which can be done through conversation and shared problem-solving online. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) breaks issues into thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises; that structure fits well into short online check-ins and homework between meetings.

He also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. These are taught step by step and practiced during sessions, then rehearsed in daily life. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the first sessions. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences in a collaborative way.

Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also supports using worksheets, guided practice, and between-session assignments so progress continues between meetings.