About Folashade
Folashade Olatunbosun is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois who helps people facing relationship struggles, family tension, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She speaks English and Yoruba and brings 19 years of professional experience to her work. Folashade aims to treat each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
She focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and more hopeful. Her sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person’s situation.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns around communication, control, and boundaries, and helps people notice how those patterns affect daily life. When divorce, separation, or workplace strain come up, she helps clients sort priorities and plan next steps. Folashade also supports people dealing with mood and personality concerns, social anxiety, and feelings of isolation.
She helps people reconnect with a sense of purpose and build more self-love and confidence over time. Her approach mixes clear, real-world strategies with steady emotional support. She invites clients to set small, manageable goals and checks in on progress from session to session.
Conversations are aimed at understanding what matters most now and turning that into doable changes. Folashade frames therapy as a partnership where the client’s values guide the work. Practical matters such as scheduling and session format are arranged to fit each person’s life.
She uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time and offers several remote session options to make participation easier.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Folashade uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One approach helps people identify unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior, then replace them with clearer, more helpful habits; this can ease mood problems and reduce social anxiety. Another approach centers on building communication and boundary skills so people can navigate conflict, workplace stress, and relationship ups and downs more confidently.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Folashade collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, strengths, and comfort level. She adjusts the plan as progress is made and invites feedback about what feels useful and what should change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls let conversations feel face-to-face, phone sessions work well for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult, and live chat or text messaging allow brief check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving routines, or other daily demands while keeping the clinical focus on achievable steps and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English, Yoruba