Jonetta Wakely, LPC

Jonetta Wakely is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of clinical experience who approaches therapy with respect for each person’s expertise about their own life. She meets clients on an even footing and invites them to guide which concerns matter most and how they prefer to work toward change. She operates from the belief that most people are doing the best they can at any point in their lives and that behavior has understandable reasons; her focus is on identifying more effective choices that support a life worth living rather than judging right or wrong.

Jonetta is extensively trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, including 160 hours of advanced training through the Beck Institute, and she is certified in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people recognize and adjust unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, while DBT emphasizes practical skills for managing emotions and making effective decisions. She draws on these approaches to support people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, parenting and caregiving stress, anger, self-esteem and career challenges.

Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, personality and mood concerns, coping with separation or loss, dissociation, and co-occurring conditions. Jonetta offers therapy in English and is based in Oklahoma, and she accepts international clients for remote care.

Online Therapeutic Approaches and Access

Jonetta Wakely integrates evidence-based methods to help clients make practical changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to stress or low mood and teaches skills to replace them with more helpful alternatives. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness so people can make clearer decisions and cope more skillfully with intense feelings. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns of relating and connection that affect relationships and emotional safety, supporting work on abandonment, attachment concerns, and family dynamics.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Jonetta works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit best with their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques from these approaches to the individual rather than applying a single formula.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility for people balancing work, family, or geographic constraints. Jonetta provides care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing clients to choose the format that feels most accessible and sustainable. This range of options makes it easier to maintain continuity of care and to use therapy in ways that fit into everyday life.