- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Guilt and shame
About Yolanda
Yolanda Townes is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Alabama with 10 years of clinical experience. She focuses on trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, and coping with life changes. Yolanda works with guilt and shame alongside issues like isolation, social anxiety, and questions of life purpose.
Her sessions aim to help people understand the feelings that follow difficult events. She talks with clients about how past hurts influence current behavior. She also helps people learn practical ways to manage anger and rebuild confidence after setbacks.
Yolanda draws on several well-known approaches to guide the work. She uses client-centered listening to understand each person's perspective and cognitive behavioral ideas to spot thinking patterns that keep painful feelings alive. Mindfulness helps people notice reactions in the moment, and motivational interviewing supports clearer decision making when change feels hard.
In conversation she attends to communication problems and the role they play in ongoing conflict or loneliness. She also offers space to consider forgiveness and self-love without rushing those steps. For career and life transition concerns she helps people set small, workable goals and test out new ways of coping.
Sessions are practical and person-focused. Yolanda helps people name the problem, try different strategies, and reflect on what fits best. People who come for help with guilt or shame often work on how to respond to those feelings, not erase them.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Yolanda commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening carefully to the person's experience and building understanding as a way to move forward. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss clients' needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative decision making helps identify whether a skills-based approach or deeper exploration suits a person's current situation.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Working online also makes it simpler to continue work across life changes while testing new ways of coping and responding to guilt or shame.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Alabama
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, career worry, and coping with life changes, plus related issues like guilt and shame.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches to help people understand and respond to those feelings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 10 years of experience working with adults on trauma, mood concerns, and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) licensed in Alabama and practices from that state.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
The biography does not list specific session formats; confirm the available session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.