About Yoshonna
Yoshonna Sanders is an LCSW with 21 years of clinical experience helping people through hard seasons. She focuses on common and complex struggles like depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and addiction. She aims to be calm, steady, and practical during sessions.
Yoshonna centers compassion and cultural responsiveness in her work. She pays attention to family dynamics and communication patterns so underlying conflicts can be understood. Attachment concerns, abandonment, and forgiveness often come up, and she helps people name and move through those feelings.
How Yoshonna works
Her approach blends straightforward conversation with evidence-informed tools. She uses client-centered methods to follow each person’s pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are offered when thinking patterns and behaviors need changing.
Mindfulness practices are used to help with stress, panic, and emotional regulation. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe difficult chapters and build a clearer sense of self. Motivational Interviewing can support decisions around change and recovery from addictive behavior.
People commonly come for help with relationship and intimacy issues, mood disorders including bipolar concerns, sleep and eating problems, and coping with big life changes. She also addresses issues tied to family of origin, isolation, and compassion fatigue. Yoshonna describes the work as relational and collaborative.
Sessions aim to identify small steps forward and practical coping strategies. To begin, readers should use the site Start Therapy button to complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
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What Yoshonna works with
The areas below are the ones Yoshonna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
How her approaches shape online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's pace. The therapist aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation so people can explore what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is about noticing thoughts and behaviors and then testing small changes that can reduce symptoms like anxiety or panic. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to help with stress, sleep, and emotional ups and downs.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That conversation guides whether to use client-centered listening, CBT skills, mindfulness practice, or a mix of methods.
The practical advantage of online work is fitting sessions into everyday life. It can make it easier to schedule appointments around work, caregiving, or travel. Some people prefer shorter check-ins when days are busy, while others choose a longer weekly conversation to dig deeper. Confirm the session formats available with the therapist before booking so the arrangements match your schedule and needs.
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