About Yslande
Yslande Vilsaint is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Connecticut who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, and life transitions. She offers a calm, welcoming space where people can talk about what feels heavy. Sessions aim to build practical coping skills and steady day-to-day routines.
With ten years of clinical experience, she has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, addictions, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also addresses issues like body image, abandonment, adoption and foster care history, and seasonal affective disorder. Her background includes supporting people through career stress, anger, and communication problems. Her style is direct but warm.
She listens first, then helps set small, achievable goals. Conversations focus on actions that make daily life easier, such as managing anxious thoughts, improving communication, or setting boundaries. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered methods to tailor each session.
Mindfulness exercises and solution-focused planning often show up in sessions to help people notice patterns and try short-term changes. Motivational Interviewing can come into play when someone is weighing a change or struggling with motivation. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
People looking for an approachable counselor who emphasizes collaboration and practical tools may find this approach helpful. Sessions are offered in English and are structured to fit into busy lives while addressing deep, meaningful concerns.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters most to the individual. It helps people feel heard and respected while they decide what change looks like. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and offers practical tools to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits.The therapist will work together with each person to find which approach or mix of approaches fits best. That collaborative process begins in the first sessions with discussion of goals, what has helped before, and what feels doable now. Adjustments are made over time so work stays relevant to real life demands.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can support quick check-ins, brief skills practice, or ongoing reminders between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and other commitments, while still focusing on strategies that address stress and anxiety.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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