About Eugene
Eugene Yamamoto is a California-based licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. He offers coaching-style support alongside therapy to help people regain motivation and confidence.
He approaches sessions believing each person knows their own story. He listens first and helps people notice strengths they already have. Together he and the client set practical goals and small steps toward change.
How Eugene works
Eugene uses a mix of well-known methods to match what each person needs. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take committed action. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior.
He also works from an attachment-based perspective to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. Sessions tend to be straightforward and conversational. Eugene aims to make skills and tools usable in daily life.
He also supports people dealing with issues like abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, caregiving stress, chronic illness, body image, communication problems, and commitment or control concerns. Clients can expect a steady, respectful presence and practical steps they can try between sessions. Eugene’s background and long experience shape a calm, task-oriented style that prioritizes what the client needs now.
Eugene lists 16 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
What Eugene works with
The areas below are the ones Eugene selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Many of his sessions use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, meaningful actions even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. This approach can help with anxiety, low motivation, and big life transitions.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. CBT is practical and skill-focused, useful for reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression and improving daily coping.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. He works with each person to choose or blend methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Expect him to ask about what has helped before and to adjust methods as progress is made.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is a concern, and messaging can suit short check-ins or between-session support. These formats make scheduling easier and help people fit care into busy lives.
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