About Cynthia
Dr. Cynthia Yamokoski is an Ohio psychologist with 15 years of clinical work supporting people facing strong challenges. She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, ADHD, and trauma-related concerns.
Her style is direct and practical, and she focuses on clear options for change. She draws on time-limited, research-informed methods to guide sessions. That means setting goals together and using focused tools that target unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Cognitive behavioral strategies are used to teach coping skills and break patterns that keep problems going.
Background and approach
When trauma is part of the story, she uses trauma-focused approaches to help process and reduce the hold of painful memories. She explains treatment choices up front and involves people in deciding what feels right for them. The work balances skill practice with careful pacing.
Dr. Yamokoski has clinical and research experience helping people who have faced disasters, assaults, combat, accidents, and first responder stress. She also addresses OCD, panic, phobias, substance concerns, and prolonged grief, tailoring strategies to each person’s needs.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented. People can expect practical homework, skill building, and regular check-ins on progress. Her Ohio license is OH Psychologist P.6572 and she provides services in English.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Dr. Yamokoski uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. CBT often includes practical exercises, skill-building, and short homework tasks that translate easily to video or messaging formats.She also uses trauma-focused therapy to help process distressing memories and reduce their emotional impact. Trauma-focused work is paced to match what a person can manage and combines discussion, processing, and coping skills to support recovery.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. She will review options, explain what each method involves, and make a plan together based on your goals and comfort level. This shared decision-making helps tailor treatment to what will work best for you.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for detailed therapy work. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in, practice skills, and receive support between sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy 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
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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