- CBT and mindfulness
- Client-centered work
- Health and caregiver stress
About Brianna
Brianna Yates is an LCSW licensed in Illinois with three years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and issues around guilt and shame. Brianna also supports people coping with health concerns, grief, parenting strains, and burnout from caregiving or first responder work.
Before moving into this role she spent time as a medical social worker supporting people with chronic and new health conditions. She has experience at a domestic violence agency where she provided therapy and education to adults and children. Those roles shaped how she approaches practical problems and crisis-related stress.
Brianna draws mainly on Client-Centered methods along with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness practices. Sessions often include talking through current struggles, identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, and trying small behavioral changes between meetings. She describes her method as listening first, then collaborating on steps a client can try.
She pays attention to how health, caregiving, and work stress change mood and self-image. Brianna often helps people sort through guilt, shame, and forgiveness questions connected to family, faith, or past events. She also works with concerns such as sleep trouble, body image, and the emotional effects of chronic pain or disability.
Outside of practice she is from the north side Chicago suburbs, the oldest of four siblings, and has an identical twin. In her free time she cooks, walks, and watches TV. She asks prospective clients to use the site process to match and schedule an initial session.
How Brianna’s approaches transfer to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and collaboration. The therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects concerns back, and helps prioritize what to address first. This approach is useful for sorting through feelings of shame and deciding what to try next.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear steps. Sessions often include identifying thinking patterns and practicing small changes between meetings, which can be reviewed in follow-up online conversations. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention to the present moment and simple practices to reduce reactivity to painful memories or shame.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brianna will work with clients to pick the methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. She frames this as a collaborative process where strategies can be adjusted over time based on what helps.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals often use these practical advantages to help sessions suit everyday life without changing what is discussed.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to shame and guilt?
She works with guilt and shame alongside issues like anxiety, depression, trauma, and forgiveness. These themes are addressed in the context of relationships, family history, and health concerns.
How does she approach therapy day to day?
Sessions focus on listening, identifying patterns, and trying practical steps between meetings. Techniques often come from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness, used within a client-centered relationship.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She holds three years of experience as an LCSW in clinical practice, plus prior work as a medical social worker and time at a domestic violence agency.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and practices with that licensure in mind.
Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. The site matching process will clarify options.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific rates are provided during the signup process.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button on the profile, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the platform.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.