Yolanda Patton, LCSW

Yolanda Patton is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and major life changes. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at how thoughts affect behavior and mood. Her style is straightforward and focused on real problems people face every day.

Before focusing on therapy, she spent significant time working in cancer care and hospice settings. That work shaped her approach to grief, end-of-life concerns, chronic illness, and aging-related issues. She applies those experiences when supporting people who are juggling medical challenges or caregiving strain.

Her approach centers on the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - and she combines client-centered listening with practical strategies. Solution-focused tools are used to identify small steps that lead to change. Sessions often include setting clear, manageable goals and trying techniques between meetings.

Yolanda holds a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Social Work, and she also completed a certificate in interpersonal trauma studies. She has six years of clinical experience and works under the LCSW credential in California.

Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. She encourages people who are feeling overwhelmed to take the first step and try a brief matching questionnaire to begin.

Approaches you can use online with a therapist

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist offers empathic support and follows the person's lead to help them feel heard and to clarify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Solution-focused therapy narrows in on specific goals and small steps people can take right away to make progress on everyday problems.

Finding the right approach is something the therapist and client figure out together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what methods feel most useful. That collaborative process may include trying different techniques and adjusting plans as needs change.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing support, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options let people fit care into busy lives and try approaches in ways that suit their routine.