About Wanda
Dr. Wanda Boutte greets people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn. She describes herself as warm and practical, and she focuses on helping people sort through pressing problems and painful emotions.
Dr. Boutte holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and has two decades of experience in counseling. In sessions she uses straightforward conversation to clarify what matters to each person.
She draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques and emotion-focused work to help people notice patterns and try small changes.
How Wanda works
She also brings attachment-based ideas to understand how relationships shape feelings and reactions. Her work addresses a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, eating issues, trauma, and stress. She also helps people with relationship and intimacy questions, parenting strains, career stress, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions.
Dr. Boutte lists additional focus areas such as adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, prejudice and discrimination, and sexual assault and abuse. Clients can expect a mix of listening and practical skill-building.
Conversations aim to name what is hard, find steps that feel manageable, and track what helps over time. She pairs empathy with concrete strategies so progress is visible. Dr.
Boutte works from California and provides services in English. Her background includes long-term clinical practice and hands-on experience with many common and complex concerns people bring to therapy.
Wanda lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Wanda works with
The areas below are the ones Wanda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and make room for valued action. It is useful for depression, anxiety, stress, and life changes where clarity about values matters.Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on understanding and changing intense emotions that affect relationships and intimacy. It can help people name feelings, rewrite negative cycles, and build stronger emotional connection patterns.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with stressful situations.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine approaches based on goals, preferences, and what shows progress in early sessions. This is an active conversation rather than a fixed prescription.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, and chat or text can support brief check-ins or continued reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit care into a busy life and maintain continuity over time.
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