About Yonna
Yonna Swingholm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices in California. She explains therapy in plain terms and helps people figure out practical next steps.
Yonna trained at Walla Walla University and built a long career as a psychotherapist. She blends relationship-focused care with cognitive-behavioral tools. Sessions begin by clarifying what a person wants to change and which steps feel manageable.
Background and approach
She uses an integrative approach that includes mindfulness and motivational techniques alongside cognitive work. That means she might teach simple breathing or grounding practices, look at unhelpful thinking patterns, and help you set small, achievable goals. The aim is everyday progress rather than perfect solutions.
Yonna has worked with military communities and with many Native tribes across North America. She also teaches yoga and meditation and brings those perspectives into her work when helpful. Her style is collaborative and practical - she talks with people about what will fit their life and values.
People contact her for a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, career stress, and ADHD. She explains options clearly, then helps each person choose approaches that match their goals and circumstances.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Yonna uses client-centered work and cognitive-behavioral techniques in online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening, understanding your goals, and shaping the pace to what feels right. It helps people who need a calm space to talk through stress, grief, relationship concerns, or life changes.Cognitive-behavioral work looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches clear, practical skills to change them. This approach is helpful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, ADHD-related challenges, and setting concrete goals for change.
Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative step. She will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust what’s used based on what works and what feels realistic. The process is built around the person’s needs and preferences rather than a fixed method.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and teaching techniques that benefit from seeing one another. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching-style support, or when writing out thoughts feels clearer. These options make it easier to match therapy to a person’s schedule and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Washington, California
- Languages
- English
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