About Yawen
Yawen Ning is a licensed clinical social worker who draws on practical, evidence-based care to help people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and relationship concerns. She uses simple talk, focused listening, and clear goals to help clients find small changes that make a difference.
Yawen holds a Master of Social Work and is licensed as an LMSW in Michigan and an LCSW in New Jersey. She has seven years of professional experience supporting people with self-esteem, motivation, and identity concerns related to LGBT issues and gender dysphoria.
Background and approach
She also helps with problems tied to attachment, family of origin, and communication. Sessions address sensitive topics such as sexual assault, BDSM and kink, sexual dysfunction, and sex addiction in a matter-of-fact, nonjudgmental way. Yawen encourages clients to notice their strengths and build on them.
She explains options in plain language and collaborates on concrete steps clients can try between sessions. Progress is viewed as a series of small efforts rather than a dramatic overhaul. Her approach is practical and respectful.
Meetings focus on what matters most to each person, whether that is managing panic, improving body image, or navigating polyamory and non-monogamous relationships. Yawen speaks English and Mandarin and practices from Michigan. People who choose her often want clear guidance and steady support while they work toward healthier patterns.
She aims to create a calm, focused space where clients can tackle hard topics and build lasting skills.
Approach and online options for evidence-based care
Yawen uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques that focus on present problems and practical skills. One common approach helps people learn concrete tools to manage anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and step-by-step plans to face difficult situations. Another approach concentrates on processing trauma and its effects by helping people tell their story at a pace that feels manageable and by building coping skills for when distress rises.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Yawen works with each person to match methods to their goals, comfort level, and daily life. Together they try different strategies and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. This collaborative style helps make therapy fit real needs rather than a fixed formula.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people talk face to face, phone sessions work when bandwidth is low, live chat allows shorter check-ins during a busy day, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, family, or travel while keeping a consistent therapeutic rhythm.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, Michigan
- Languages
- English, Mandarin