Yvonne Ricketts, LMHC

Yvonne Ricketts is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 12 years of clinical experience. She provides therapy in straightforward, practical ways and focuses on helping people move through stressful and painful life moments. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental, aimed at making sessions feel approachable for first-time therapy seekers.

Yvonne draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, motivational interviewing, narrative approaches, and solution-focused work. She uses these approaches to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns, set realistic goals, and build clearer ways to cope day to day. Sessions often include planning small steps to try between meetings.

Her background includes work in community agencies and both in-person and online clinical practice. She holds a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Ministry from Palm Beach Atlantic University. The LMHC credential is held in Florida.

In sessions she listens first, then helps shape a plan that fits the person’s needs. People can expect a practical, goal-oriented focus alongside space to tell their story and feel heard. The approach is collaborative and paced to what each person can manage.

Yvonne works with a wide range of concerns including grief, depression, anxiety, ADHD, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar issues, relationship challenges, parenting stress, and life transitions. She also attends to aging and geriatric issues, communication problems, immigration concerns, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Yvonne often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thinking patterns that increase worry or low mood. CBT breaks problems into clear parts and focuses on small experiments and practical skills that can be practiced between sessions.

She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which prioritizes listening and meeting people where they are. This approach creates space to tell your story and make choices about goals at your own pace. Motivational Interviewing is used when someone feels stuck or unsure about change; it focuses on finding personal reasons to try new steps and building confidence to act.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and day-to-day demands, and then suggest methods to try. Plans can be adjusted as therapy progresses so the work stays practical and relevant.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows for face-to-face conversation while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low or a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, homework support, or when someone needs flexibility around work or caregiving schedules. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy lives.