Yvonne Ricketts, LMHC

Yvonne Ricketts is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida. She brings 12 years of counseling experience and offers both in-person and virtual psychotherapy. Yvonne earned her Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Palm Beach Atlantic University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Ministry from the same school.

Her work focuses on practical help for common life problems. She helps people with depression, anxiety, stress, ADHD, grief, addictions, anger, bipolar mood concerns, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes. Trauma and abuse are included among the concerns she addresses.

Yvonne uses a mix of approaches to fit each person's needs. She draws on client-centered work to build trust, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and solution-focused strategies to set clear goals. She also uses narrative therapy and motivational interviewing where helpful.

She has experience in community agency settings and has completed specialized coursework and on-the-job training in several modalities. Her background includes work with parenting skills programs and relationship assessment tools that support people preparing for or working on marriage.

In sessions she aims to be caring, empathic, and non-judgmental. Yvonne describes her style as respectful and attentive, meeting each person where they are and helping them take manageable steps forward.

Therapeutic approaches and what online work looks like

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping people find their own solutions; it is useful for building trust and talking through difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical techniques to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.

Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and can be useful for addictions, lifestyle shifts, or when motivation feels stuck. Yvonne combines these approaches to suit the person's goals rather than using a single fixed method.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, past attempts at change, and personal preferences to choose or blend methods. This collaborative process helps make sessions relevant and focused on what the person wants to accomplish.

The biography indicates experience with both face-to-face and virtual psychotherapy, but current session formats should be confirmed before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also allow people to keep therapy going when routines change, and therapists will adapt techniques so they work well in remote sessions.