Yoshonna Sanders

Yoshonna Sanders is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 21 years of practice in Louisiana. She helps people facing depression, anxiety, stress, grief, and the hard feelings that follow big life changes. She offers steady, compassionate support when emotions feel overwhelming or confusing.

She pays close attention to family dynamics and how past relationships shape today's patterns. Communication problems, attachment issues, abandonment, and infidelity are areas she often addresses in sessions. She also works with people managing mood disorders, panic, post-traumatic stress, and disruptive mood dysregulation concerns.

Yoshonna uses a client-centered stance that centers each person’s story and choices. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to name unhelpful thoughts and try practical changes. Mindfulness and narrative approaches are woven in to help people notice patterns and rewrite painful stories.

Her style is warm and culturally aware. She aims to create a calm space to talk and to test new ways of coping. People often come for help with relationship and intimacy-related issues, addictions, sleep or eating struggles, and career stress.

Over two decades of experience inform a steady, pragmatic approach. Sessions focus on real-life skills, clearer communication, and rebuilding a sense of self after loss or trauma. The goal is to help people find manageable steps toward relief and stronger day-to-day functioning.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Yoshonna integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy into her work, which helps make online sessions feel focused and practical. Client-centered therapy means the conversation centers on the person's values and goals, creating space to tell their story and decide what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy brings straightforward tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and try specific behavior changes that can reduce symptoms.

She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice bodily sensations and emotional patterns without judgment. Mindfulness can be useful for stress, anxiety, anger, and sleep problems by teaching simple attention and breathing practices that can be used between sessions.

Finding the best approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, try interventions, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Clients and therapist work together to select skills and strategies that fit the person's needs and daily routine.

Session formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, shorten travel time, and offer continuity after a move. It also allows for shorter check-ins when needed and for practicing mindfulness or homework tasks in the setting where daily life happens.