About Yasmin
Yasmin Elkhair is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 25 years of experience. She offers help for stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, and other common concerns. Her approach aims to make conversations feel clear and manageable for people under pressure.
She works in a straightforward, respectful way. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and on practical steps to get there. Techniques include cognitive reframing, reality testing, relaxation exercises, mindfulness, and journaling.
Background and approach
Yasmin blends several approaches rather than using only one method. She draws on client-centered and psychodynamic ideas to understand personal history. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools and solution-focused strategies to create concrete goals and short-term plans.
The therapist builds a collaborative treatment plan with each person. That plan is adapted as needs change and as progress is made. Many people come for help with coping, communication problems, parenting stress, career shifts, or feelings of emptiness and guilt.
Yasmin practices in the District of Columbia and carries the LICSW credential, which stands for Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. She conducts sessions in English and supports both longer-term therapy and shorter coaching-style work depending on the person's goals.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping each person set their own goals. Online sessions use that same collaborative stance to shape what matters most to the person and to guide progress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. In remote sessions that can mean practicing reframes during video calls or using short written exercises between meetings. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce stress and ground emotions; these techniques can be practiced during a phone check-in or with short guided exercises sent by message.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative exploration makes it easier to find strategies that feel useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, short skill practice, and gentle accountability between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
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