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Yumi Lemaster, LCSW

Stress, Anxiety Relationships Trauma, Abuse Anger management Depression
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About me

No one in life is perfect, including me! Being able to identify, relate and empathize with you as my patient is probably one of my greatest strengths. The special relationship formed between you and I, ensuring trust, confidence, and ability to truly work through the issues are of utmost importance. I believe everyone has something to work through in their lives. By providing evidence based therapy and unconditional positive regard, I have been very effective in my treatment history. I will always begin where you feel you need to go in therapy and allow you to guide me in your struggles, what you need most and what you desire to gain from therapy. This is a two way relationship and feedback throughout the therapeutic process will only enhance the therapeutic relationship towards your goals. I wish for you to find the inner peace and strength that I know everyone has within them and to be able to achieve and live the life that makes you feel truly alive!

As for some information about myself, I am a retired Army social worker and love that I have had the ability to work with Soldiers throughout a multitude of issues to include PTSD, depression, anxiety, phase of life issues, grief and loss, marital counseling, substance abuse, domestic violence intervention, parenting skills, and adjustment issues. My background and strengths are in utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Prolonged Exposure and other desensitization therapy, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy, and Supportive Therapy. I like to provide psycho-education and lots of coping skills, self-reflective, and other psychological tools to allow patients to learn and grow via hands-on materials. Growth comes with constant practice and application of the things we learn. I hope you will allow me to be part of your journey and I look forward to meeting you.

Professional experience

9yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Relationships Trauma, Abuse Anger management Depression

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Attachment issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Divorce and separation, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic brain injury, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Phone
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License information

HI LCSW LCSW-4004

VA LCSW 0904016208

TX LCSW 64031

Reviews

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Phenomenal therapist!

Written on Sep 03, 2024 after therapy with Yumi for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and career difficulties

Miss yumi girrrl! First time therapy experience & im so glad she was the one to be here for me. I truly appreciate her & her honesty & seeing the things I see but I’m to afraid to speak up on. She gets me & understands +helps me thru it allll. 10/10

Written on Sep 01, 2024 after therapy with Yumi for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, and self esteem

Yumi listens to what I'm feeling which makes me feel like she cares about me.

Written on Jun 09, 2024 after therapy with Yumi for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, grief, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and coping with life changes

Yumi is quick to understand and lets you talk for as long as you need. She was able to give me a perspective I didn’t think of before and help give me a better grip on my decisions.

Written on May 29, 2024 after therapy with Yumi for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, and coping with life changes

I’m very pleased with my therapist and how I am able to relate to her. She is very professional and I like how she relates my counseling to the word of God

Written on Apr 04, 2024 after therapy with Yumi for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and trauma and abuse

My experience with Yumi so far has been wonderful.

Written on Mar 22, 2024 after therapy with Yumi for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and trauma and abuse