I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina, with over 9 years of experience working with a diverse group of clients. My primary experience is working with Combat Veterans, Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma, and their families coping with stressors after deployment or discharge from services. This can include challenges of PTSD, Depression, Anxiety, substance use, and relationship issues . I have helped families gain healthy effective communication to improve co-parenting and blended family dynamics. Working with couples to improve dialogue and set reasonable expectations for a successful relationship through the use of Gottman method and Emotionally Focused Therapy.
My counseling style is collaborative with a focus on being compassionately accountable with my clients, meaning I will be curious, respectful, and challenging with others to assist them in their recovery or treatment needs while assuring that all tools needed to cope are available. I have an eclectic approach that combines influences from Attachment styles in Family of Origin, Cognitive Behavioral, and Experiential Therapy models like Internal Family Systems to explore the primary needs of clients.
I specialize in treatment for people coping with life transitions and issues of readjustment. Life can be challenging and often we seek someone to work with collaboratively to guide through difficult or new experiences to alleviate the stress of the unknown while being somewhat autonomous to know that we still achieved this through our own efforts. My goal is always to insure that my clients feel empowered in the choices they make in achieving goals for their mental health.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Depression, Compassion fatigue, Caregiver issues and stress, Communication problems, Family of Origin Issues, Fertility Issues, Military and Veterans Issues, Multicultural Concerns, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Gottman Method, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
NC LMFT 1554
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Love her nuff said
Written on Feb 26, 2022 after therapy with Yvette for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, adhd, trauma and abuse, caree
Great conversations and always provide an insightful note to make you do some introspection
Written on Sep 01, 2021 after therapy with Yvette for 4 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and self esteem
I’ve only had a couple of sessions with Yvette so far, but I’m enjoying our sessions and it’s helped me talk about some things I’ve been struggling with for awhile.
Written on May 04, 2021 after therapy with Yvette for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, grief, anger management, and career difficulties
Simply wonderful
Written on Apr 14, 2021 after therapy with Yvette for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and compassion fatigue
Yvette is very friendly. A great counselor and shows me she cares by checking in between scheduled sessions.
Written on Feb 24, 2021 after therapy with Yvette for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, and coping with life changes
She is awesome. I feel like she listens and provides some great suestions for me to apply
Written on Jan 21, 2021 after therapy with Yvette for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, and parenting issues