About Louise
Louise Yee is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. She helps people handle stress, anxiety, low mood, trauma, and relationship struggles in straightforward, practical ways. She meets each person where they are and adapts conversations to fit their needs.
Her style is respectful and compassionate. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that build confidence and motivation over time. She listens for patterns in how stress and worry show up and works with clients to try new ways of coping.
How Louise works
Louise draws on long experience working with trauma and abuse to help people process painful events and reduce their impact on daily life. She also supports people dealing with communication problems, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation. Work on self-esteem and self-love is practical and concrete, aimed at improving everyday choices and interactions.
For those facing workplace pressure or social anxiety, she helps figure out manageable strategies to reduce overwhelm and improve functioning. Conversations about life purpose and forgiveness aim to clarify values and next steps rather than offer quick fixes. All sessions are offered in English from New York.
The tone in appointments is calm, patient, and focused on what the individual wants to change. Louise frames therapy as a collaborative process, with the client guiding the pace and goals.
What Louise works with
The areas below are the ones Louise selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Louise uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach is trauma-focused work that helps people process difficult events and reduce their ongoing impact. This involves talking through memories at a pace that feels manageable and developing coping skills to handle triggers.Another frequent emphasis is on anxiety management. This includes learning simple, repeatable strategies to reduce worry and improve daily functioning, such as breathing exercises, gradual exposure to feared situations, and restructuring unhelpful thoughts. These techniques aim to make everyday life easier and more predictable.
Finding the right method is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose approaches that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That process is conversational and revisited as progress is made so the plan remains useful.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let sessions feel most like in-person meetings. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, processing between sessions, or keeping momentum when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain steady progress.
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