About Yvette
Yvette Carreon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. She offers straightforward support for depression, trauma, relationship strain, grief, and work-related concerns. Her style is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at people who want usable tools for daily life.
She blends several approaches in sessions to match what each person needs. That might include client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking, or skills from dialectical behavior therapy to manage strong emotions.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also used to help people find motivation and calm. Yvette frames therapy as a collaboration. Sessions focus on small steps that can be tried between meetings.
She helps people build coping strategies, improve communication, and regain a sense of control when life feels chaotic. Her work covers many concerns beyond anxiety and stress, including intimacy issues, self-esteem, caregiver stress, codependency, and adjusting to major life changes. She also supports people navigating trauma, domestic violence recovery, and complicated grief.
Sessions are offered to California residents and conducted in English. Yvette uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a time that works for them.
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and can guide the work. It helps when someone needs space to process feelings and decide what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical techniques to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, useful when feelings feel overwhelming.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps you most. Expect trials of specific skills and regular check-ins to see what is working and what needs changing.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for a face-to-face feel and working through complex topics. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer audio only. Live chat and messaging let you check in between appointments or use shorter touchpoints on a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, caregiving schedule, or other life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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