Brianna Yates, LCSW

Brianna Yates is an LCSW based in Illinois who brings practical experience from medical social work and community services. She has three years as a licensed clinical social worker and has spent time supporting people with chronic health concerns and new medical issues. She aims to listen, validate feelings, and help people set reachable goals.

Her background includes work at a domestic violence agency where she provided therapy and education to adults and children. That hands-on experience shaped how she approaches stress, trauma, and relationship problems. She draws on methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness to help people manage symptoms and build daily routines.

Sessions are tailored to each person. Brianna focuses on clear steps clients can try between meetings, like simple mindfulness practices or behavioral experiments to test new ways of coping. She also addresses practical life areas such as sleep, parenting strain, workplace stress, and caregiver challenges.

She works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and intimacy-related issues. Brianna also helps people facing chronic pain, aging-related stress, and body image or caregiver burden.

Outside of work she is the oldest of four sisters and has an identical twin. She enjoys cooking, walking, and watching new shows. She aims to bring a calm, straightforward approach to therapy and to help people make gradual, useful change.

How Brianna’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and working at the client’s pace. It helps when someone needs empathy, validation, and a space to sort their thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into patterns of thought and behavior and uses practical experiments to test new ways of coping; this can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and help with day-to-day tension.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then try methods that fit their needs. This is a collaborative process and may change over time based on what helps most.

Session formats are not specified in the profile, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine, allow for shorter check-ins during a break, and let people try mindfulness exercises from a familiar setting. They can also reduce travel time and help maintain continuity of care when life gets hectic.