Wanakee Cook
LSW, MSW
Therapist
About Wanakee Cook
Wanakee is a service oriented licensed social worker (MSW, LSW) deeply committed to helping individuals navigate life’s challenges with clarity, confidence, and compassion. As a Black woman, she brings both professional training and lived experience into her work, offering a culturally responsive space for individuals—especially people of color—seeking support in managing the complexities of everyday life.
Her therapeutic approach is person-centered and strengths-based, focused on empowering adolescents and adults to recognize their resilience and create meaningful change. She has both personal and professional experience navigating mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, and ADHD, along with the unique stressors of balancing work, single parenthood, and personal growth.
She specializes in supporting adolescents through developmental stages, individuals of all ages navigating life transitions and single parents balancing multiple responsibilities. Wanakee understands firsthand the emotional weight of “doing it all” and works with clients to rebuild balance, set boundaries, and reconnect with themselves.
Incorporating CBT, mindfulness, person centered and solution-focused techniques tailored to each client, Wanakee takes a holistic approach to therapy, emphasizing the connection between mental, physical, and emotional well-being. She is dedicated to creating a safe, inclusive environment where all clients feel seen, heard, and supported. Her goal is to help clients not only grow and heal, but also reach a place of peace—where they feel grounded, aligned, and more in control of their lives.
Wanakee can be found at the following location:
Visit Reasons:
Insurance Accepted:
- Tricare Prime: USFHP
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: HMO
- Aetna Better Health
- Aetna
- Aetna: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Aetna: Medicaid
- Aetna: PPO/POS
- All Savers
- Allied Benefit Systems
- Ambetter
- AmeriHealth
- Amerihealth Caritas: Medicaid
- AmeriHealth Caritas: Ohio Medicaid
- Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Medicaid
- Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield: PPO
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Medicaid
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: PPO
- Buckeye Health Plan
- Buckeye Health Plan: Medicaid
- Carelon
- Carelon: Medicaid
- CareSource
- CareSource: Medicaid
- Compsych: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- First Health Network
- GEHA/Government Employees Health Association
- HPI/Health Plans, Inc.
- Humana
- Humana: Medicaid
- Luminare Health
- Magellan
- Magellan: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Magellan: Medicaid
- Medicaid
- Medical Mutual
- Meritain
- Molina Healthcare
- Molina Healthcare: Medicaid
- PHCS/MultiPlan/Claritev
- Ohio Healthy
- Ohio Healthy: Medicaid
- Ohio State: Medicaid
- OhioRISE/CANS: Medicaid (Assessment Required)
- Optum
- Optum: Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford
- Paramount Health Care
- Partners Direct Health
- Self Pay
- Surest/UHC
- TRICARE East Region
- TRICARE East Region: Humana Military (Need Referral from PCP)
- TrueCost Medical Benefit Plans: Custom Design Benefits
- UHC Community Plan: Medicaid
- UHC/UnitedHealthcare
- UHC/UnitedHealthcare: Medicaid
- UMR
- United Behavioral Health
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Federal Employee Program (FEP)
- Tricare Prime
- Tricare Select
Therapeutic Approaches:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness-Based Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Solution-Focused/Brief Therapy
- Spiritual or Holistic Approach