About Ylan
Ylan Hunt is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in California with ten years of professional experience. She helps people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief and loss, low self-esteem, career struggles, and compassion fatigue. Her approach is practical and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel steadier and more capable day to day.
Ylan sees each person as the expert on their life. She listens first, then offers tools that fit the person’s goals and situation.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, useful changes that add up over time. She emphasizes strengths and realistic steps rather than long lists of homework. In sessions she talks through what feels stuck and works on building clearer choices.
That might include looking at how past events affect current feelings, practicing ways to manage intense emotions, or planning concrete actions for work and relationships. Ylan also supports people facing the emotional toll of caregiving, chronic illness, or end-of-life concerns. Her style is calm and direct.
She aims to create a space where people can say hard things and try new ways of coping. Ten years of experience in community and clinical settings inform her practical focus. Ylan offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
Sessions are in English and she is licensed in California as LCSW 122265. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that works for them.
Evidence-based tools and online care that fit your life
Ylan uses practical evidence-based approaches to help people manage distress and rebuild routines. One common method focuses on processing traumatic memories and reducing their hold on day-to-day life by working at a manageable pace and practicing new ways of responding to triggers. Another approach emphasizes skills for emotion regulation and stress management, teaching concrete techniques to lower overwhelm and improve sleep, mood, and focus.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ylan collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and comfort level. She adjusts the plan over time as needs change so the work stays useful and doable.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people keep visual connection for deep conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, serviceable tools between sessions, or when someone needs to reflect in writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while still working with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English