About Yvonne
Yvonne Ricketts is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 12 years of experience. She offers both video and phone sessions as well as live chat and text-based messaging. Yvonne focuses on practical help for common struggles like anxiety, depression, grief, stress, and major life changes.
She approaches therapy in a straightforward, warm way. Sessions tend to focus on the client's goals and everyday steps that make life easier.
Background and approach
She uses familiar methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping. Yvonne draws on a background that includes a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic University and many years working in community agencies.
That experience informs how she tailors sessions to different life situations and cultural backgrounds. Her profile lists additional focuses such as aging and geriatric issues, immigration concerns, and mood disorders. Her style is described as caring and nonjudgmental, with attention to each person as an individual.
She also incorporates motivational interviewing and narrative and solution-focused techniques when those fit a person's goals. People who prefer clear, goal-oriented work often find this approach useful. Sessions are practical and conversational, aimed at helping clients develop tools they can use between meetings.
How therapeutic approaches guide online care
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person and their priorities. It starts with listening without judgment and helps people name what matters most. This approach works well for building trust and deciding practical goals for everyday life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches simple skills to change unhelpful thought patterns and try new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.
Motivational Interviewing focuses on a person's own reasons for change. It uses gentle questions to boost motivation and help someone move toward their goals one step at a time.
Choosing the best approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans can be adjusted over time as progress and priorities change.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions take place. Video calls support in-depth conversations and visual connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging lets people check in between meetings or fit brief sessions into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and keep working toward goals even when schedules change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Immigration issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English