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Yvette Smith, LCMHC, LPCC

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Anger management Depression
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About me

I am a knowledgeable therapist - Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor and a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist, who takes a non-judgmental, open-minded, practical approach, with an understanding that we are all different. Utilizing this approach, along with evidenced-based practices, I educate, encourage and empower clients to increase growth and healing.

I have first-hand experience with the military culture. I am a veteran and I was a military spouse. I understand the challenges that the military can bring - from military trauma, separation due to deployment, to combat-related stress.

I am currently independently licensed in Washington state and Kentucky, specializing in addictions, primarily substance use. I am experienced working with individuals who struggle with mental health disorders - depression, anxiety, trauma and issues coping with daily life stresses. I am no stranger to teens and young adults as I have worked in a youth group home setting.

I look forward to working with you towards wellness and wholeness!!!

Professional experience

7yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Anger management Depression

Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Parenting issues, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Military and veterans issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic brain injury, Trichotillomania, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Services offered

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License information

UT LCMHC 13668435-6004

NH LCMHC 3371

KY LPCC 260907

WA LMHC LH61257163

Reviews

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Yvette has constantly showed the ability to be empathetic, meet me where i am, but also calls me out when needed and guides me into being a better person. I'm so grateful for her help and support!

Written on Oct 18, 2024 after therapy with Yvette for 1 year and 4 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, and anger management

Ms. Smith has been very supportive and attentive. She challenges my way of thinking in the best way without diminishing my experiences.

Written on Sep 29, 2024 after therapy with Yvette for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, trauma and abuse, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue

Yvette has helped me immensely. I'm still a work in progress, but she has helped me see hope.

Written on Sep 19, 2024 after therapy with Yvette for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and self esteem

Every time I need her expertise she's always there. I like that I can text and she responds back at a timely manner.

Written on Aug 21, 2024 after therapy with Yvette for 2 months on issues concerning depression, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes

I felt comfortable the first time I had therapy with Yvette Smith

Written on Aug 10, 2024 after therapy with Yvette for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, and grief

I really appreciate the feedback I receive from Yvette because she tells you what you need to hear. That actually has been helping me work through my trauma to move forward and learning who I am.

Written on May 10, 2024 after therapy with Yvette for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and coaching