- Client-guided care
- Skills focused
- Trauma informed
About Yumi
Yumi Lemaster is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 13 years of experience. She emphasizes a warm, client-guided approach and aims to help people build strength and calm amid life’s challenges. Yumi believes the relationship between therapist and client matters most and starts where the client feels ready to begin.
She uses clear, practical tools in sessions. That can include exploring patterns in attachment, learning skills from cognitive behavioral approaches, and practicing emotional regulation strategies influenced by dialectical behavior methods. Sessions focus on real-life coping skills that can be practiced between meetings.
Her background includes work as an Army social worker. In that role she supported people facing PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, substance struggles, domestic violence, parenting challenges, and life transitions. Those years shaped a straightforward style that mixes skill teaching with steady support.
Yumi often uses education and hands-on exercises in sessions. She introduces coping techniques, problem-solving steps, and ways to notice and change unhelpful thinking. Progress is framed as ongoing practice rather than a single event.
She addresses a wide range of concerns such as stress, relationships, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, low self-esteem, career strain, compassion fatigue, and codependency. Clients set the pace and give feedback so the work matches their goals and needs.
Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions. It helps when fear of abandonment, trust issues, or repeated relationship conflicts cause pain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build different behaviors for anxiety, depression, and eating or sleeping problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clear communication skills. This is useful when strong emotions, impulsive behavior, or intense relationship swings interfere with daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that match your needs. Decisions about which tools to use are made together and can change as progress happens.
Online therapy can make fitting sessions into a busy life easier. It can reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and make it simpler to keep a regular routine. Because the biography does not specify session formats, confirm available options before booking. Licensed professionals and therapists can adapt these therapeutic methods for remote sessions to focus on skills practice, reflection, and problem-solving without promising a specific format.
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Experience
13+ years
Credentials
Hawaii, Texas, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping issues, self-esteem, career stress, compassion fatigue, and related challenges such as codependency and attachment issues.
What is her therapy style like?
The approach is client-centered and collaborative. Yumi uses practical skill teaching, reflective conversation, and goal-focused strategies to help people cope and make changes.
What experience does she bring?
She has 13 years of clinical experience, including time as an Army social worker supporting people through PTSD, substance issues, grief, adjustment, and other life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with licensure in Hawaii and Virginia and practices from Texas.
Can I work with her if I live in another country?
She accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking to match your needs.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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