About Yolanda
Yolanda Knox helps people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to turn. She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - based in Oklahoma and brings a direct, practical approach to sessions. Her style is down-to-earth and focused on what a person needs right now.
Yolanda draws on over 20 years of experience in social service settings, including five years as a family advocate and seven years as a case manager.
Background and approach
That background informs how she supports people navigating domestic violence, relationship struggles, trauma, and 2SLGBTQ+ concerns. She sees the person behind the problem and asks what strengths can be used to move forward. In a typical session she listens first, then helps the person set clear, realistic goals.
She uses practical tools to tackle stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and life transitions. Conversations are straightforward and focused on steps that fit everyday life. Yolanda also works with issues around parenting, attachment, adoption and foster care, blended families, and caregiver strain.
Other areas she addresses include self-esteem, intimacy, codependency, and anger. She will discuss what matters most and tailor the plan to each person. People can expect a collaborative approach where their experience drives the work.
Yolanda aims to empower people to make changes at a pace that feels manageable. She supports practical problem solving alongside emotional healing.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person without judgment. It helps people clarify their own goals, build on their strengths, and make decisions that feel right for them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It offers practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change patterns that cause problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text let people check in between longer sessions or use shorter, focused exchanges that fit a break at work or a busy day. These options aim to make therapy easier to attend and to match the pace a person needs.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English