Adekunle "Ade" Ojelade, LCSW

Adekunle "Ade" Ojelade is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and coaching needs. He takes a practical, hopeful approach when someone feels stuck or overwhelmed.

In sessions Ade focuses on building resilience and clearer life directions. He listens closely to what matters to each person and works together to set manageable goals. He blends conversation with practical skills so clients can try things between visits.

His work draws from several approaches such as client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral work, dialectical skills, EMDR, and mindfulness. That mix allows him to match methods to specific concerns like addiction, trauma, or ongoing mood difficulties. He emphasizes skill-building, problem-solving, and processing painful experiences at a pace the person can handle.

Ade also addresses related struggles such as attachment or abandonment worries, codependency, communication and commitment issues, and challenges tied to chronic illness or caregiving. He pays attention to how these problems affect daily routines and relationships, and helps people create clearer boundaries and healthier patterns.

People who want a direct, practical path forward may appreciate his style. He encourages collaboration, small experiments, and steady progress toward clearer choices. His Florida practice and long experience inform a grounded, realistic approach to recovery and life transitions.

How his approaches translate to online work

Ade uses client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral tools to help people sort priorities and try new behaviors. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel heard and can discover their own solutions. Cognitive behavioral work breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and builds practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.

He also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills which teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. Those skills can be practiced in sessions and then applied to real situations between meetings. Together the approaches help with addictions, anxiety, mood problems, and stress by combining understanding with concrete steps.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a team effort. Ade will discuss goals and preferences and recommend which methods to try first. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what a person needs most while adjusting over time based on progress.

Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current options before booking. Many people find online work useful for fitting sessions into a busy week, making shorter check-ins possible, or reducing travel time. Online sessions can support steady work on behavior change, skill practice, and processing difficult experiences without requiring big schedule changes.