I am a licensed clinical social worker LCSW therapist in California with 25 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, motivation, self esteem, and confidence, depression, & coping with life changes. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
Professional experience
30 yrs in practice
Stress, AnxietySelf esteem, MotivationDepressionCoping with life changesCoaching
Additional areas of focus:Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Avoidant personality, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Personality disorders, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Workplace issues
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Eugene Yamamoto. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Eugene is the best therapist I have had. He listens, cares, and knows exactly how to help me through my anxiety.
Written on Jan 23, 2026 after therapy with Eugene for 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and trauma and abuse
Well I have been working with Eugene going on 3weeks and he sheds light from different angles on situations and he doesn’t beat round the bush when he is giving his feedback. He’s easy going and calm and I look forward to working with him more.
Thank you Eugene
Written on Dec 16, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, and anger management
Eugene is empathetic and open. He consistently starts our sessions asking me how I am feeling and reviews what we discussed during our last session. He tries to talk me through my concerns with me so that we are on the same page about what I should work on.
Written on Dec 08, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 9 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
Eugene is a wonderful listener
Written on Dec 02, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 4 months on issues concerning addictions, grief, and self esteem
Eugene Yamamoto has been of great help so far. He's everything I was hoping to get in a therapist!
Written on Nov 29, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning addictions
Mr Yamamoto is very understanding and attentive, he continues to help with his many years of experience. He explains matters in with great understanding. I highly recommend him he is nice and kind. Mr Yamamoto’s years of experience reflects well with every interaction.
Written on Nov 01, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, self esteem, anger management, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes
Best therapist I have had. No problems to report.
Written on Sep 12, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Eugene is a very good therapist and has helped me overcome a lot of challenges. i was facing and is still helping me work though a lot of things he is very understanding ans helpful i highly recommend him he is really good at what he does
Written on Sep 08, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Great therapist
Written on Jul 23, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 1 month
Eugene has been very beneficial for me. Highly knowledgeable and provides beneficial information and worksheets I can work on for myself. It's like discussing my troubles with my grandparent and getting good sound advice in return. Very comforting.
Written on Jul 18, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Eugene is an outstanding and compassionate counselor whose experience, expertise and compassion have helped me significantly. He is listens, cares and supports me without judgement. My mental and emotional well-being are in good hands with him.
Written on Jun 08, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, family conflicts, and trauma and abuse
Eugene listens attentively and as a result offers very helpful feedback, explaining things clearly and in an understanding and compassionate way. He also offers examples from his own experiences, which help you feel that you are on the same team working towards the same goals.
Written on Apr 29, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Very professional and understanding!
Written on Apr 07, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, coaching, and adhd
Eugene is very thoughtful and experienced. As someone who didn't really know where to start in my own therapy journey, he has been very helpful in offering guidance and working with me to figure out my goals. I am looking forward to continuing to work with Eugene.
Written on Mar 29, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
I feel very blessed to have been able to work with Eugene, as he has the unique and distinct background I needed for understanding my work dilemnas. He is kind, a great listener, brings calm to the situations we discuss and he speaks to me both humanely and as an educated individual who shares his type of field work. I couldn’t have been better matched for this set of sessions related to my career.
Written on Mar 29, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
I’ve only met with Eugene twice, but our last visit was good. We got to open up and get to know each other a little bit more. He seems really good so far.
Written on Mar 26, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes
Eugene has been nothing short of amazing. He has started to open the doors of self-love for me and love for God and just three sessions. I hope to continue my journey with his help.
Written on Mar 05, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, and coping with life changes
Gene is incredibly thoughtful and insightful. I’m grateful for his guidance and wisdom and ear.
Written on Feb 08, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coaching
Eugene is very good at listening and giving sound advice! Definitely recommend him as a therapist!
Written on Feb 05, 2025 after therapy with Eugene for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and adhd
Great! Very helpful and solution oriented.
Written on Dec 24, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd
Very professional, And thorough
Written on Nov 22, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes
I’ve explored every popular self improvement strategy besides therapy, until I decided to try working with Eugene. He has completely restored my faith in the institution. I guess I’d just had one too many therapists give confounding advice to people I knew and loved, and seemingly only had them live in their problems instead of finding a way to heal. I thought “of course therapists don’t want to cure you, they’d be out of work!” Eugene is one of those rare individuals, like the one teacher you remember from public school who went above and beyond, who clearly cares about the people he serves. He has to stop himself from using every minute available to help you, so he can go and immediately help another, because he’s so laser focused on you and helping to give you the tools you need. His heart is so abundantly clear in the way he listens and shares, his experience is impressive and decades long in some of the most difficult clinical settings, his knowledge is sweeping, covering the clinical literature, addiction recovery best practices, and most importantly for me, matters of spiritual wisdom, which have transformed my life since I was a lifelong atheist and skeptic and experienced a spiritual awakening. Do not be afraid to ask Eugene to leave the bounds of his immense clinical knowledge to share with you on the great spiritual thinkers, and you’ll see what is evidently clear when talking to him: that the spirit of love and joy and higher purpose dwell in him, making him a faithful servant and a genuinely happy and long suffering lover of humanity. I am so grateful that I met Eugene, and even though I could probably get therapy covered by insurance, I will continue on Better Help because of the vast improvement and encouragement and the dramatic life renewal I’m experiencing.
Written on Nov 19, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
He is smart and informative and a pleasure to work with.
Written on Nov 18, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting issues, anger management, coping with life changes, and coaching
Very caring therapist who spends enjoys what he does.
Written on Nov 15, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning career difficulties, and coaching
Eugene has been a great help and I am grateful to be working with him.
Written on Nov 05, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, compassion fatigue, and adhd
He's good
Written on Oct 07, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, self esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
The best
Written on Oct 04, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, sleeping disorders, and parenting issues
Eugene is a godsend. I look for a therapist for almost 3 years and tried hard to find one that would work good for me & was an expert in the places i needed them to be and never found one. I was blessed to find him. He has all the expertise in the areas I need to be a top notch therapist. He is kinda caring & patient, professional, friendly, cool, fun to talk to, super understanding, super helpful, and also isn't afraid to challenge me to be better in a healthy way. He has already been so helpful & guided me through handling my darkness. I literally could not ask for a better therapist than Eugene.
Written on Sep 20, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
Great!
Written on Sep 12, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd
Eugene is direct and clinical with his approach to my case. I highly appreciate his wisdom, guidance and heart to heart connection. He has been vital to my mental health.
Written on Aug 07, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and career difficulties
He has been understanding and has help me a lot!
Written on Aug 07, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and trauma and abuse
Has lots of willingness to help and its not afraid to be honest with his approach. Likes to hit the ground running and trying be better and find more mental clarity
Written on Aug 07, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, anger management, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
Get helpful and lots of perspective
Written on Aug 02, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Very kind and understanding. Has a very helpful perspective on many different issues
Written on May 29, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and intimacy-related issues
I really felt that Mr Yamamoto listened to me and tried to navigate the complicated mess I was throwing at him. His insights and advice were well taken.
Written on May 22, 2024 after therapy with Eugene for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, and adhd
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