About Charity Wabuke

Charity Wabuke MFC#87592
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Focus:

Charity is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and earned her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Azusa Pacific University.  She has been working in the mental health field for over 11 years with several of those years working for Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.

Charity’s focus is with children, adolescents, and adults addressing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and related anxiety disorders, Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors, Depression, Trauma, and Substance use. Charity conceptualizes and implements specialized Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Exposure And Response Prevention for anxiety disorders; tailoring each treatment episode to match the needs of each client.

As a woman of color, Charity is passionate about breaking the mental health stigma and work with individuals who have experienced oppression, subtle or blatant discrimination and racism, or struggle with integrating into your professional life as a minority.

Work Experience:

Charity has held several positions in clinical settings in both therapeutic and management roles.  Charity served as the Director of Mental Health at a co-occurring in-patient residential treatment center for youth, Program Manager for a Community Based Substance Abuse Program, and Clinical Director at a residential treatment center for young women survivors of Sex Trafficking and Substance Abuse. Charity has also supervised Marriage and Family Therapist Interns in multiple settings.

As a therapist, Charity’s goal is to provide a space for you to be authentically who you are, provide support during the hard times, ask tough questions when necessary, and work with you to find practical solutions to your challenges.  There are no quick fixes, but emphasizing life skills, heightening self-awareness, and connecting deeply with yourself and others can be key in building wholeness in mind, body and spirit. Charity’s goal is for clients to feel seen, safe, and secure in our work together.

Charity’s focus is with children, adolescents and adults addressing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and related anxiety disorders, Depression, Trauma and Substance use. Charity conceptualizes and implements specialized Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders while also implementing a psychodynamic framework; tailoring each treatment episode to match the needs of each client.

Charity also treats Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors such as Trichotillomania (hair pulling) and Compulsive Skin Picking (Excoriation Disorder) using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Habit Reversal Training.

Charity provides treatment for the greater Los Angeles County area, San Fernando Valley area and Ventura County area, including Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Hidden Hills, Bell Canyon, Encino, Tarzana, Agoura, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Oak Park and Malibu.