About Yolanda
Yolanda Liriano-Kimbrough blends practical therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and self-esteem concerns. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, based in Arizona with 27 years of experience. Her approach is down-to-earth and focused on small changes that make daily life easier.
She uses straightforward methods like cognitive behavioral work and client-centered listening to help people sort thoughts and feelings. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help clients notice what matters most and act on it.
Background and approach
For trauma and distress linked to past abuse, she may use EMDR techniques to reduce overwhelming memories. Sessions are conversational and practical. Yolanda aims to create a calm space where people can speak honestly without judgment.
She helps clients set clear, manageable goals and practices new skills between sessions. Yolanda works in both English and Spanish and supports people dealing with family conflict, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and life changes like divorce or loss. She also addresses issues such as attachment wounds, body image, guilt, isolation, and money pressures.
Her style is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort. She listens first, then offers tools a person can try right away. People who prefer steady guidance and real-world steps often find this approach useful.
To begin, she asks people to share what matters most to them and what they hope will change. From there she and the client map out a practical plan for progress.
How therapeutic approaches work online with Yolanda
Yolanda uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small, practical changes. CBT often focuses on daily patterns and skills that reduce anxiety or low mood. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify their values and take committed steps toward them despite difficult feelings.For clients impacted by traumatic memories, she may work with EMDR-related strategies to lessen the intensity of those memories and reduce distress tied to past events. EMDR-style work can be part of a paced plan that includes support and coping skills before memory-focused sessions.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. Yolanda talks with each person about their goals, comfort level, and past experiences and then recommends which methods to try first. She adjusts the plan based on what is working and what the person prefers, so therapy evolves with the client.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video sessions let people read facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone calls work well when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging make it easy to check in between sessions or for brief updates. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or caregiving demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English, Spanish