About Yvonne
Yvonne Ricketts is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing a range of concerns and offers both in-person and virtual sessions. Yvonne aims to be a steady, compassionate presence for people navigating hard moments.
Her background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Ministry and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic University. She has worked in community agencies and gained practical experience across different settings.
Background and approach
This mix of classroom learning and on-the-job exposure shaped her everyday approach to therapy. In sessions she keeps things straightforward and focused. Yvonne listens for what matters most and helps people identify concrete next steps.
She draws on client-centered methods to follow each person’s lead and uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful patterns. She also uses narrative and solution-focused ideas to help people reframe problems and build practical strategies. Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit for people facing change or struggling with addictive behaviors.
These tools are applied in ways that match each person’s goals. Yvonne works with concerns such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, grief, stress, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar disorder, addictions, parenting and coping with life changes. She also helps with aging and geriatric issues, communication problems, immigration-related stress, mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress.
Her style is warm, nonjudgmental, and oriented toward realistic steps forward.
Approaches that shape online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on following the person’s lead. The therapist listens deeply, reflects what she hears, and helps clients find their own answers; this approach is helpful when someone needs acceptance and clarity before taking next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking and practicing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck about making a change. It uses gentle questions to explore ambivalence and build the person’s own motivation for change, which is useful for addictions or shifting difficult habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to each client’s goals, needs, and preferences, and adjustments are made as progress is assessed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain continuity when life gets disrupted.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Immigration issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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