Yonna Swingholm, LCSW, LICSW

Yonna Swingholm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW (California) with 25 years of clinical experience. She describes her work using practical, goal-focused methods to address stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and life changes. Her bio lists a broad range of concerns she attends to including addictions, LGBT issues, relationship and intimacy questions, parenting strain, and sleep problems.

She practices from an integrative standpoint, combining client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral techniques. She starts by clarifying a client's main goals and then matches methods to those goals. This means sessions often include direct problem-solving, gentle inquiry into values and meaning, and skills practice for mood and behavior changes.

Her background includes substantial work with military populations and close collaboration with Native tribes across North America. She also notes training as a yoga and meditation instructor and experience running seminars on integrating holistic approaches into healthcare. These experiences inform how she talks about trauma, stress, and recovery.

Sessions tend to focus on practical steps people can take between meetings, such as behavioral experiments, mindfulness practice, or clearer communication strategies. She describes the therapist-client relationship as the basis for making those plans work. Clients can expect a mix of listening, concrete suggestions, and reflective feedback.

Yonna holds the LCSW credential in California and the LICSW in Washington. Years of front-line work shape her approach to issues like post-traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, career transitions, and relationship strain.

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