Yvonne Ricketts, LMHC

Yvonne Ricketts is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 12 years of clinical experience. She draws on a background in counseling psychology to help people who are coping with difficult life events and emotional challenges. Her work often focuses on relationships, parenting concerns, grief, mood shifts, and trauma-related issues.

She uses practical talking and problem-solving to help people make small changes that add up. Sessions are person-centered and aim to meet each person where they are. She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and change thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of feeling better.

Clients with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, or addictions are among the focus areas she addresses. She also supports people facing communication problems, immigration-related stress, aging and geriatric issues, and the effects of past traumatic events. Yvonne includes grief and coping with life changes in her work as well.

Her training includes a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic University. She has worked in community agencies and gained additional on-the-job experience across several therapeutic approaches. The LMHC credential denotes licensure with the state of Florida.

Yvonne describes her style as caring, empathic, and nonjudgmental. She aims to build a respectful space where people can talk through problems, try practical tools, and set manageable goals for the changes they want to make.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, offering empathy and support while people talk through what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That may mean mixing approaches or trying a practical skill first and adjusting as progress is made.

The biography records past experience with both in-person and virtual psychotherapy, but current session formats can change. Confirm the available session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it simpler to keep appointments around work or family responsibilities. Licensed professionals can use these methods effectively in remote sessions, focusing on clear goals, homework between meetings, and regular review of progress.