Yvonne Copeland, LICSW

Yvonne Copeland is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 15 years of experience. She helps adults who are managing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strains, and life changes. She acknowledges how hard it can be to start therapy and focuses on working together with each person to set clear, realistic goals.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify the thoughts that get in the way of progress. She also draws on mindfulness practices and solution-focused strategies to build on existing strengths. Motivational interviewing is part of her toolbox when people want support making changes, and client-centered techniques shape a respectful, collaborative tone.

Sessions are conversational and calm. She aims to reduce barriers to opening up and keeps the work practical. Expect tools and exercises tailored to daily life, such as thought records, simple mindfulness exercises, and small behavioral experiments.

Her background includes helping people cope with chronic health problems, caregiver stress, aging concerns, and adoption or foster care issues alongside more common concerns like sleep problems, addiction, and career strain. She has worked across settings that broadened her experience with trauma, grief, and long-term illness.

Initial meetings focus on learning about the reason for seeking therapy and the important people and situations in a person’s life. From there she collaborates to create a plan that suits individual needs and goals.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Yvonne commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, depression, insomnia, and coping with chronic illness. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve day-to-day coping, helpful for stress, grief, and caregiver fatigue.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She treats the choice of methods as a collaboration, listening to goals and preferences before suggesting techniques. Together the therapist and client try approaches, adjust what doesn’t fit, and keep what helps.

Confirm the session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific online or in-person options. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people practice new skills in the contexts where they live and work, then discuss what did or did not work in the next session.