About Yuki
Yuki Sugisaki uses attachment-based and client-centered approaches to help people find steadier ground. She is a California LMFT with 14 years of experience. She speaks English and Japanese and works with people facing addiction, mood concerns, anxiety, and relationship strain.
Her style is practical and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable steps. She helps people recognize patterns that keep them stuck and teaches tools to change those patterns over time.
How Yuki works
Yuki has a long history supporting people with substance use and co-occurring mental health challenges. She also helps with grief, trauma, obsessive or compulsive behaviors, and the ups and downs of mood, including bipolar and depression. She pays attention to how relationships, family roles, and past losses shape current struggles.
She draws on techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to manage symptoms like panic, sleep problems, and intense emotions. Emotion-focused work helps people repair connection and strengthen bonds when relationships feel strained. Therapy can include short-term problem solving or deeper, longer work depending on the issue.
Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different needs. Yuki aims to be steady, practical, and collaborative while people work toward recovery and clearer direction.
Yuki lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Yuki works with
The areas below are the ones Yuki selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Attachment and Skills-Based Care Online
Attachment-based therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional needs; it helps people understand patterns that affect trust and closeness. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience, giving space to be heard and to explore goals at a comfortable pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) blends well online by teaching concrete strategies to change thinking and behavior that reduce anxiety, panic, and depressive symptoms.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your concerns, review your goals, and collaborate on a plan that feels right. That plan can mix approaches and adjust over time as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work for people who prefer written check-ins, want ongoing support between sessions, or need flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while using the methods described above.
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