About Yasmin
Yasmin Elkhair is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 25 years of experience in the Washington, DC area. She focuses on common and painful concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, relationship and communication problems, and issues around parenting and family.
Yasmin aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what matters most to them and make clear, manageable steps forward. She uses a blend of approaches so care fits each person.
How Yasmin works
Sessions may include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques like cognitive reframing, solution-focused steps for immediate goals, and mindfulness exercises to reduce reactivity. Yasmin also draws on psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns that repeat over time. The clinician describes therapy as a partnership.
Conversations are respectful and focused on the client's priorities. Clients keep control of choices in the plan and pace of change. Practical tools often appear in sessions.
People may work on reality testing, relaxation skills, journaling prompts, and short behavioral experiments to test new approaches. These tools are explained in plain terms and practiced between sessions when helpful. Yasmin works to help people reach a level of functioning that feels more like their best self.
Her style blends empathy with structured techniques so clients have both listening and active steps to try. She offers sessions for adults living in the District of Columbia and conducts work in English.
Yasmin lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Yasmin works with
The areas below are the ones Yasmin 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
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | District of Columbia |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's lead. The therapist offers empathy and acceptance while helping the client clarify goals and choices, which can be useful for relationship concerns, self-esteem struggles, and grief.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Sessions include practical exercises such as cognitive reframing and behavioral experiments that can be assigned between meetings to build new skills for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Short mindfulness exercises can be practiced during a call or assigned as brief daily routines to lower stress and increase emotional regulation.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Adjustments are made as progress and new issues emerge so the plan stays relevant.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setup is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, journaling prompts, or on-the-go support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the approaches described above.
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