About Yolande
Yolande Dewar is a counsellor with 14 years of experience who helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression and relationship problems. She uses a warm, empathic style and aims to create a calm space where someone can talk about what feels difficult. Her work often focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions as well as talking things through in the moment.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, using simple exercises to spot unhelpful thinking and to test small changes in behaviour.
Background and approach
That approach is easy to follow and suits issues such as panic, obsessive thoughts, low mood and sleep difficulties. Sessions are usually conversational and goal-focused, with space to reflect as well. Yolande also supports people dealing with grief, life changes and concerns around intimacy and self-esteem.
She has experience addressing trauma, compassion fatigue and the stresses of parenting or caregiving. Her background means she can help someone untangle complex worries and priorities over a few focused sessions or longer work if needed.
She offers work for people exploring sexual orientation and LGBT-related concerns, and she can help with practical problems such as money worries, career stress or hoarding behaviours. Sessions are available in English and take place online by video, phone, chat or text messaging. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then choose a time to schedule.
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How CBT and online sessions can help
Yolande uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a practical approach that looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT involves simple exercises to identify unhelpful thinking and steps to try new behaviours, which can be useful for anxiety, panic and low mood.Her sessions are conversational and goal-focused, blending talking with tasks to practise between meetings. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to find which methods suit their needs and goals rather than prescribing one fixed path.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different lifestyles. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be handy when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide short, immediate check-ins and let work continue between longer sessions. Together these options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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