About Yuridia
Yuridia (Valerie) Polonsky is a Florida-based licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and major life changes. She meets clients where they are and focuses on practical steps they can try between sessions.
Her style is warm and direct. Sessions center on understanding what matters most to the client and finding small, doable changes. She uses evidence-based methods to help people manage difficult emotions and improve daily functioning.
Background and approach
Yuridia blends several approaches to suit each person’s needs. She draws from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns, and acceptance and commitment therapy to clarify values and set meaningful goals. Attachment-based and client-centered methods guide how she builds trust and explores relationship concerns.
She works with a wide range of issues beyond mood and anxiety, including trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems, parenting stress, career issues, and many other life challenges. She also addresses specific concerns like abandonment, body image, and caregiver stress. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and take place online by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To get started, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, life transitions, and when someone wants clearer goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and managing ADHD-related challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will try methods that fit the person and adjust the plan as needed in an ongoing, collaborative way.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls are good for a full session with visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or between-session follow-ups. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while fitting into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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