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Yumi Couper, LCSW

Stress, Anxiety Relationship issues Trauma and abuse Anger management Depression
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About me

No one in life is perfect, including me! Being able to identify, relate and empathize with you as my patient is probably one of my greatest strengths. The special relationship formed between you and I, ensuring trust, confidence, and ability to truly work through the issues are of utmost importance. I believe everyone has something to work through in their lives. By providing evidence based therapy and unconditional positive regard, I have been very effective in my treatment history. I will always begin where you feel you need to go in therapy and allow you to guide me in your struggles, what you need most and what you desire to gain from therapy. This is a two way relationship and feedback throughout the therapeutic process will only enhance the therapeutic relationship towards your goals. I wish for you to find the inner peace and strength that I know everyone has within them and to be able to achieve and live the life that makes you feel truly alive!

As for some information about myself, I am a retired Army social worker and love that I have had the ability to work with Soldiers throughout a multitude of issues to include PTSD, depression, anxiety, phase of life issues, grief and loss, marital counseling, substance abuse, domestic violence intervention, parenting skills, and adjustment issues. My background and strengths are in utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Prolonged Exposure and other desensitization therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, and Supportive Therapy. I like to provide psycho-education and lots of coping skills, self-reflective, and other psychological tools to allow patients to learn and grow via hands-on materials. Growth comes with constant practice and application of the things we learn. I hope you will allow me to be part of your journey and I look forward to meeting you.

Professional experience

8yrs in practice

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Attachment Issues, Body Image, Caregiver Issues and Stress, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication Problems, Control Issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dependent Personality, Divorce and Separation, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and Shame, Hoarding, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation/Loneliness, Jealousy, Life Purpose, Midlife Crisis, Military and Veterans Issues, Money and Financial Issues, Mood Disorders, Multicultural Concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic Disorder and Panic Attacks, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic Stress, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-Love, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Smoking/Vaping Cessation, Social Anxiety and Phobia, Somatization, Traumatic Brain Injury, Trichotillomania, Women's Issues, Workplace Issues, Young Adult Issues

Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

License information

HI LCSW LCSW-4004

TX LCSW 64031

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Yumi Couper. 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.

She is amazing and is very flexible. If it is your first time seeking therapy she is very good and knowledgeable.

Written on May 18, 2023 after therapy with Yumi for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and bipolar disorder

Yumi is very good at listening. She points out interesting things without me feeling like I'm being picked apart. She even sometimes offers some anecdotal bits that help me feel like I'm not too crazy. She's awesome

Written on Apr 12, 2023 after therapy with Yumi for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and adhd

I never got around to writing a review. 2017-2020 Yumi Couper pulled me out of difficult times. I once read “You’re going to go through tough times – that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you, it happens for you.’ See the positive in negative events.”

Yumi helped me through the negative and understood, challenged me, helped me shift my thinking. Grateful, extremely.

Written on Mar 30, 2023 after therapy with Yumi for 4 years and 11 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and anger management

Yumi has been one of my greatest blessings in life. Her ability to understand but also to tell me plainly what I need to hear has been the biggest catalyst for healing within. She was what I needed and our time together in therapy is priceless.

Written on Mar 14, 2023 after therapy with Yumi for 1 year and 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes

So far so good!

Written on Dec 03, 2022 after therapy with Yumi for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, coping with life changes, and adhd

Not that I have had many of experiences with therapists' but Yumi is absolutely perfect! A phenomenal listener, a direct to the point speaker, empathetic, and above all else understanding. My Mental Health was at an all time low and Yumi has been there to help me on this journey and I honestly don't know where I would be without her.

Written on Dec 01, 2022 after therapy with Yumi for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and anger management