Adesuwa Obasogie

My communication style

My communication styles include being calm, concise, and respectful. I want my clients to understand what I’m saying and to feel comfortable entrusting their mental health care to me. These skills are paramount to my practice: active listening, critical thinking, adaptability, non-judgmental, and patience.

My journey to mental healthcare

As someone who was born and raised in Nigeria, a 3rd-word country where mental health has its highest stigma, where one is ashamed to seek treatment, a country where, when a family member is facing mental health challenges, instead of seeking treatment, they hide it due to the stigma attached to mental health.

My goals for you

My approach to goal setting: first to build a strong and good rapport with my patient and establish trust, and then identify the patient’s goal for seeking treatment. When the patient feels comfortable with a provider, they are able to share their need and goals for seeking treatment.

Our first session

My expectation from our first session together is to build a strong rapport and make the patient feel comfortable and not worry about the stigma that is attached to mental health.

I identify as...

• Female
• Black or African American
• Christian