- Stress and anxiety
- Blended family issues
- Evidence-based techniques
About Yahna
Yahna Gibson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She also focuses on blended family issues and other family-related concerns that come up as roles shift and routines change.
Yahna keeps sessions direct and practical. She listens for what is getting in the way of daily life and offers straightforward ways to respond. Conversations can include managing strong emotions, setting boundaries, repairing communication, and handling guilt or shame that follows relationship strains.
As a mother and grandmother, Yahna draws on personal experience of relationships while keeping the work centered on the client. She uses a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people notice patterns and try new approaches in real situations. Expect a balance of listening and gentle challenge when it helps move things forward.
She is comfortable talking about blended household topics such as merging routines, loyalty conflicts, step-parenting roles, and co-parenting tensions with an ex. Sessions also address caregiver stress, aging concerns, commitment issues, and multicultural questions that affect how people relate to others.
Yahna practices in Missouri and conducts sessions in English. Her approach is practical and grounded in real life. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and schedule a first session.
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Yahna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address common patterns that make daily life harder. One approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new, more balanced responses to reduce anxiety and low mood. This helps with stress, worry, and sleeplessness. Another approach looks at how past hurts and relationship patterns influence current reactions; it helps people understand repeated behavior and try different ways of relating when trust or boundaries are strained.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Yahna will work with each person to match techniques to their goals and preferences. She pays attention to what works in everyday life and adjusts methods as needed so progress can be practical and measurable.
The profile does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove travel time on workdays. Licensed professionals can still use these approaches effectively through remote sessions, and Yahna will discuss how best to structure appointments to fit routines and responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she focus on?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, with additional attention to blended family issues and related family concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and practical, combining listening with gentle challenge and teaching concrete skills people can test between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working as a counselor with adults on a range of interpersonal and emotional concerns.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.