Dr. Wanda Boutte, LCSW

Licensed in California · 20 years in practice

Dr. Wanda Boutte helps people who are overwhelmed by loss, stress, relationship strain, or changing life roles.

License and registration

LCSW, California: 29331 · expires November 2026
NPI: 1376980227 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 20
Languages: English

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About Wanda

Dr. Wanda Boutte helps people who are overwhelmed by loss, stress, relationship strain, or changing life roles. She has two decades of clinical experience and brings a calm, steady presence to sessions.

Her style is practical and focused on real problems parents and adults face every day. She uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. Conversations often include skills for managing anxiety, steps to handle addictive patterns, and ways to rebuild confidence after trauma or grief.

Background and approach

She pays attention to how relationships and attachment issues shape emotions and behavior. Many clients come for help with mood problems like depression or bipolar challenges, persistent worry, sleep difficulties, and parenting concerns. Others seek support for eating issues, intimacy worries, career transitions, or compassion fatigue from caregiving work.

She also addresses experiences related to discrimination, sexual assault, and end-of-life care. Dr. Boutte holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) in California and has worked with diverse cultural backgrounds over her career.

She aims to create a respectful space where people can talk through hard moments and learn straightforward tools for coping. Sessions combine listening with concrete exercises and homework when helpful. Goals are set together, and progress is checked over time so people know what’s changing and what still needs work.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Wanda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

LGBT
Family conflicts
Grief
Eating disorders
Depression
Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
First responder issues
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Jealousy
Prejudice and discrimination
Sexual assault and abuse
Smoking / vaping cessation
Young adult issues

Approaches Wanda names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches that work well online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match personal values. That approach can help with anxiety, depression, and making changes that matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is often useful for worry, sleep problems, and mood issues. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and change patterns in close relationships by tracking emotions and interactions, which can aid intimacy and communication struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest one or a blend of methods. Decisions are made together so the approach fits the client’s life and what they want to change.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises that use facial cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera, live chat or text messaging allow brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around school, work, caregiving, and other commitments.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does this therapist help with?

She helps with grief, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family stress, eating concerns, trauma and related challenges like prejudice and sexual assault.

What is the therapy style like?

Sessions are practical and collaborative, mixing talk with concrete exercises. The therapist focuses on skills that people can use between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 20 years of experience working with a wide range of mental health and psychosocial concerns.

What credential and region are listed?

She holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - in California and practices with that licensure on record.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

Which session formats are offered?

Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost work?

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