Are you ready for growth and change?
African immigrants and first generation individuals.
You’ve carried a lot! Expectations, transitions, family responsibilities, and the pressure to succeed, hold it all together and make everybody proud. You are the strong one, the problem-solver, the community ATM, while you struggle to balance your own needs with cultural expectations. No wonder you feel overwhelmed, stuck between cultures, and unsure where you fully belong.
You’re trying to do things differently but it’s not working. I’ll work with you to develop strategies to balance the push and pull of your life because your culture, identity and wellbeing all matter to me. Together we’ll explore your unique story and build tools to help you:
Reduce stress and anxiety
Set healthier boundaries
Understand your identity with more confidence
Navigate family or cultural pressures
Adjust to new environments
Feel more grounded and supported
With the right tools, you can break unhealthy patterns and handle expectations and challenges without losing yourself. You deserve a place to let down the load and get the support you need.
Send an email and book a free consultation. today
Treatment Approach
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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Client-Centered Therapy
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Multicultural Therapy
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Positive Psychotherapy
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
I embrace feminist theory and support my clients to identify and understand the systems they are part of. I will hold up the mirror while you examine your image, and I will echo your words so you can hear yourself. I will build a safe, respectful, nonjudgmental, honest, culturally appropriate, affirming stage for you to meet, uncover, practice, understand, love and embody your best self.
I am not here to fix or help you. My role as your therapist is to support your desire for growth and change.
50 min
Schedule
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For 6 sessions
10 min
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have any restrictions?
For emergencies, call 911. Tele-therapy is not ideal for:
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People with active psychosis or mania
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People with active suicidal or homicidal ideation
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People in crisis situations
I do not have sign language skills
I do not have the skills to provide therapy for:
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People under the influence of substances
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Children
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People with eating disorders
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Clients through SMS, email or chat messages
How much does therapy cost?
Initial 10 minute phone consultation - Free
Intake and assessment 60 minutes - $225
Ongoing therapy 50 minutes - $195
Ongoing therapy 30 minutes - $155
Payment for therapy can be made with credit, debit, HSA/FSA cards or Zelle transfers.
I accept Venmo and Paypal for classes.
Where do we meet?
Virtual meetings are held on a HIPPA-compliant video call portal.
What other services do you provide?
Group therapy
Women healing classes
Youth and Adult Mental Health First Aid training
Mental health policy development and staff training
Speaking engagements
Need more information?
About me
Morolake Odetoyinbo, LMHC, LPC
My name is Morolake (pronounced mo-raw-lah-keh). I am an activist, advocate, researcher, writer, trainer, public speaker and adjunct college professor. I founded a non-profit, fought for universal access to HIV treatment and received multiple awards for my work.
I studied Dramatic Arts at Obafemi Awolowo University (Great Ife!). Learnt activism in Treatment Action Campaign, South Africa. Studied HIV science and treatment literacy at the African American HIV University, a project of the Black AIDS Institute in LA. I learnt the art of negotiating and the power of my voice from global AIDS activists. From my African sisters and warrior queens, I understood the power of community mobilization. I found strength, love, pain, dance, music, resilience, organized chaos and jollof rice in Nigeria.
Twenty years after working in global health advocacy and non-profit, I returned to school to study mental health. In America, I learnt to embrace the fullness of me. I have experience working on anxiety, immigrant acculturation and sexual reproductive health and rights, LGBTQ concerns and HIV/AIDS,
In addition to English, I speak fluent Yoruba and West African Pidgin.