About me
Hello and Welcome! My name is Augustina Garba. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater with a master’s degree in Counseling in May 2002. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. In 2001, during my internship, I assisted in counseling abused, and neglected children. This experience was what inspired me to work with children and families. I then worked in a Wraparound program for fourteen months, which further exposed me to working with severely abused and neglected children.
When I went into private practice in 2009, I continued to provide individual and family counseling for children and at-risk teenagers with ADHD, anger management, anxiety disorder and depression. My passion has been to help in bringing about changes in the lives of individuals and families and partner with them to create hope in their future. My focus in counseling is to work with you to resolve issues that challenge you and restore self-efficacy to individuals and families. I am supportive in therapy and a good listener. I will collaborate with you, using teaching skills and give you tangible assignments to help you succeed in achieving your goals of finding a long-term meaningful solution. I am consistent and believe in building a trusting and reliable client-therapist relationship.
I look forward to working with you!
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationships
- Family conflicts
- Trauma, Abuse
- Depression
Grief , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Parenting issues , Anger management , Self esteem , ADHD , Abandonment , Blended family issues , Commitment issues , Communication problems , Family of origin issues , Family problems , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Services offered
Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video
Licensing
WI LPC 3758-125
MN LPCC 03852
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Augustina Garba. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.
Augustina has been one of my highlights of 2025, she has helped me in more ways than I can express. I know I wouldn't be in the spot I am without her.
My partner and I were very happy after 1 session with her.
Highly recommend Augustina Garba. She is empathetic, offers solutions and healthy coping skills, and takes the time to listen and work through challenges. She offers the opportunity for introspection and self-discovery and her guidance is really valuable.
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Augustina is an incredible therapist and consistently shares information that helps me process what I'm experiencing. Because of her advice, I've seen tangible improvements in certain relationships and navigating my faith for a positive experience/outcome in health challenges. Highly recommend.
Dr. Garba was very kind and professional and very knowledgeable. I felt she really listened to me and she gave me advice I’ve never had before. I feel hopeful that she can help me.
Augustina is great! Very responsive and adaptable. She gives thoughtful advice and works at our own pace. We've done a lot of progress in areas of communication, goal-setting, being more understanding with each other and working as a team <3
Augustina is eerily adept at honing in on your real issue(s) in a short amount of time. She is highly skilled, respectful, and effective. I feel so fortunate to have been matched with her.
Augustina is incredibly kind and thoughtful in her approach. She actively listens to her clients and provides them with practical tips and insights on how to manage their emotions effectively on a weekly basis. She truly is a wonderful therapist!
Augustina is a calming presence, eager to listen and very kind.
Very wonderful and understanding therapist
She’s so caring and makes me feel like my voice is heard. She’s very encouraging and helps me keep a positive attitude even when I don’t see the light at the end of my tunnel sometimes. She is very experienced and you can tell she’s been doing this for a long time.
Augustina brings warmth, honesty, and strength with her presence. Demanding a safe environment for partners, she speaks from the perspective of what is best for the relationship. Both challenging and supportive, Augustina is committed to saving love. Thank you for your help. I am better because of it.
She listens, supports, and challenges me appropriately.
We appreciate the wisdom Augustina is able to bring to our conversations. She is good at making sure we both feel heard and understood. We highly recommend her to any couple.
Best therapist I’ve ever had.
Augustina has been such a kind, compassionate listener and guide. She is strong in her faith and stands on the word of God! She is nonjudgmental and cheers you on! I would highly recommend her.
So far I’ve had two live sessions and chatted via text with Augustina and so far so Great! She’s calm, listens, and advises really well.
She knows what she is talking about and has provided great advice I can apply to my situation
A very sweet lady. A great listener and gives awesome advice. She always has a big smile on her face when she greets us and seems very genuine.
Very helpful in a trying time in my life easy to talk to and has great advice .
She is very helpful.
I love this app and service . It keeps me accountable and the ease of scheduling is amazing . The therapist I have is the best one I've ever had . Journaling and making sure she can read them is the most helpful thing in the world . I've gone since April not having a pnes seizure . I got reminded of. My tool box and other things to try.
Augustina is a wonderful therapist. Her soft spoken approach with a heart warming smile was very comforting. I have been in therapy for many years and needed to find a new therapist. Augustina was very receptive, kind, and knowledgeable, knowing what question to ask or solution to share. I would highly recommend her to anyone.
This was our first time trying marriage counseling so we weren’t sure what to expect, Augustina has been absolutely fabulous in helping us navigate tricky conversations while making sure both of us get a chance to feel seen and heard. Her calm energy is so wonderful. Thank you Augustina, we appreciate you!
I am a retired academic health care professional. In the course of my career, I worked with many outstanding professionals in healthcare, including mental healthcare professionals, internists, surgeons, and many other specialists. Augustina is as good as the best professionals I have ever worked with. She really helped me work through the issues that I was facing. I recommend her without reservation for anyone who is seeking the help of a mental healthcare professional.
Wonderful listener, and good at helping provide a neutral space for productive conversations. Highly recommend.
She is sweet, kind and understanding. Very helpful and easy to confide in. I love how encouraging and wise she is.
She has been wonderful, hopefully she’ll be my therapist when I return.
Augustina is kind, attentive, and gives great advice. I highly recommend her. She's a wonderful person and has helped me thus far.
I appreciate her neutral position she able to see both of our perspectives.
She’s very helpful
I have met with Augustina a couple of times. She is professional, and understanding. She has provided effective feedback and I look forward to continuing sessions with her.
An optimistic attitude, but with real experience. A well-rounded human being, for my opinion.
Very effective even in a short period of time. Able to get me to think about things differently and reframe my mindset
I appreciate Augustina based on her attentiveness to listen, and truly understand me. Her recommendations are aspiring and always specific to seeking goals and positive resolutions.
I absolutely respect and love Augustina Garba as my therapist and actually wish I could continue to meet with her on a regular basis. I’m grateful to be in therapy now that I’ve been seeing Augustina!
I am so grateful to have been matched with Augustina Garba. I think her approach is just what I was looking for in this stage of my healing process. She encourages, instills hope, and provides practical steps I can take to help me heal and adjust my thinking and feelings.
Augustina has been a pleasure to work with and we always look forward to sessions with her. She's been greatly insightful and the matters we bring to her she has a wealth of knowledge that we are fortunate for.
Augustina has been great. I love the fact that she smiles frequently and just seems to give a caring vibe.
She's been a blessing
Augustina is amazing, she's been so wonderful, and we fully trust her and her knowledge in marital counseling. Highly Recommended.
Having therapy wit Augustina changed my life for better! This has been helping me in so many ways that I can not explain! I'm super thankful to her.
Augustina has helped me tremendously as I continue to grow and work on myself. She listens attentively to provide new perspectives and daily tools to put into practice. I’m so grateful for my experience with teen counseling and pairing with Augustina. I look forward to the future and our work together.
We’ve tried a few therapists elsewhere and Augustina has been the only one we’ve made progress with. We can’t say enough great things about her.
Great listener and great advice!
She is a very good listener. She asks good questions that dig deep to the core of the issue. Thanks Augustina!
Augustina takes great care in remembering previous conversations and worries to work through with me, even after weeks time! I appreciate her compassion, reassurance, and consistency to help me. She's been amazing and I'm very glad to have her to talk with.
My husband and I had two sessions with Ms. Garba. She was able to provide us advice that would help our relationship. We took her words to heart and within a few weeks, we had a very different and positive relationship with each other. I highly recommend Ms. Garba to anyone seeking to mend a troubled relationship.
Dr. Garba helped me learn to stand up for myself after two years of emotional abuse from my family. She was understanding and pushed me to break from my isolated shell and do what I wanted for my own health. She gave me exercises and encouraged my emotional expression. She was readily available through messaging and would answer my questions within 24 hours and she checked in on me regularly. I am in a better place now both mentally and emotionally. I will be grateful for the rest of my life.
Dr Garba is always willing to go the extra mile in helping me through my journey. She takes time to reach out to me and shows that she actually cares.
Augustina is both professional and personable. I appreciate that she is always timely and listens. Just recently my youngest sibling passed away - his passing has me in a different place, because of that I have considered a different counselor. This has nothing to do with Augustina . I am okay with continuing with her, but I'm not quite ready to talk to anyone. I can't stress enough that this has nothing to do with Augustina.
Augustina has been such an incredible help for me these past few months. She is compassionate, kind, and so good at what she does- and I picked up on this right away in our first session. Augustina is so good at going with the flow and asking intuitive questions that drive deep introspection, discussion, and healing. There is a really great balance between her listening & talking/sharing information during sessions. She gives me things to work on between sessions, and she is extremely responsive to any messages that are sent. I highly, highly recommend Augustina.
Augustina actively listens to both parties. I am amazed at how she picks up on deeper issues then suggests such simple solutions. Augustina you are such a gift. I feel blessed that you were selected for us...
She is compassionate and strong, guiding us through difficult topics. She has helped us strengthen our marriage and parenting, and provided support at a difficult time.
Ms. Garba is exactly what I needed in a therapist. Great listener, offers the tools I need when I need them. It's not easy to work through my issues, but well worth the effort. I'm so happy I signed up for teen counseling!
I’m grateful and appreciative of what Augustina taught me. I can honestly say I’m a different person now! A more confidence, caring and grateful person. She helped me navigate and heal the pains from my past that controlled my relationships. Thank you Augustina!
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Ms Garba is a very professional and kind therapist. She listens. Offers constructive advice while not taking sides. I would highly recommend her.
Augustina is a great therapist. She listens very well and truly cares about your well being. I've been with her for a year and have learned a lot with her. She is awesome. You'll be lucky to have her as a therapist.
I loved how positive Augustina was and yet so sincere. She was extremely helpful and just what we needed right when we needed it.
Really appreciate our connection to Augustina. I can't picture a better fit for us!
At first I was hesitant, mostly by the nature of my treatment resistant struggles and previous encounters with new therapists, but after I had an opportunity to let myself be completely vulnerable and unrestrained with Augustina, I found an incredible and compassionate shepherd on my emotional journey to self-betterment. She is kind, caring, and attentive, ensuring I was understood and heard, while at the same time gently guiding me in the right direction, nudging me forward with a tender firmness that persisted even as I reflexively protested. I am thankful for the progress I have made alongside her.
If you are looking for a therapist, I highly recommend Miss Garba, she is a blessing!
Very positive experience so far!
Augustina is a wonderful therapist, that listens attentively and is genuinely interested in the patients well being. She comes with years of experience and is always seeking professional development opportunities.
Augustina has been a fantastic benefit to me so far in helping to process a lot of tough emotions, situations, and we began to talk about Adverse Childhood Experiences, a crucial bases for measures of safety and security then and into Adulthood; and how we interact with it because of those experiences and traumas. Her insight and perspective has been very valuable! And the fact that teen counseling allows messaging and Augustina is very timely to respond, I felt supported and heard when I felt I needed it. I was able to discuss other alternative and compatible types of therapy that may be useful to me as well, not just talk talk therapy, which is very comprehensive and meets needs virtual therapy can not. Highly recommended!!!
I love working with Augustina. I often wish that our sessions could last longer!
Augustina has been a tremendous source of wisdom and comfort for me as I navigate challenging emotional issues, stress and borderline depression. I have learned and benefited from her counseling.
I love her. Not to be dramatic but I'd take a bullet for that woman<3
I have only had two sessions with Augustina and she has already helped me become the person I want to be. She provides useful tools to use when life happens and I can imagine her talking me to resolve a situation. Thank you Augustina!
She is great, looking forward to meeting with her again.
I’ve only had two sessions with Ms Garba, and she was able to break thru a shell that was harden for a long time. It was hard dealing with the facts but I’m greatly she was available and able to help me get thru it so far.
Augustina has been a big help to me. She is knowledgeable, understanding and gets right to the core of addressing my issues.
The first session was excellent. Good communication and flow of thought and topics. I feel more than confident that I'll have more sessions with Augustina.
Amazing!