Yumi Lemaster, LCSW

Yumi Lemaster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 13 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, skills-based work and builds a supportive relationship that centers each person's goals. Her approach aims to help people regain stability and move toward what matters to them. She understands the worry that comes with addiction, grief, relationship strain, or anxiety and speaks plainly about next steps.

She starts by asking where the client wants to begin and follows their lead. Sessions include teaching coping skills, offering short explanations of how thoughts and feelings interact, and trying new strategies together in session. The work is collaborative - feedback helps shape the plan and pace.

Her background includes military social work providing care for service members facing trauma, adjustment problems, substance use concerns, depression, and anxiety. That experience informs how she addresses stress, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. She brings practical tools learned from many settings rather than relying on theory alone.

Therapeutic methods used include attachment-focused work to examine how relationships affect current patterns, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking, and dialectical behavior skills to manage intense emotions. Yumi also incorporates existential questions about meaning when people face major transitions.

People who choose her for therapy can expect straightforward coaching, skills practice, and psychoeducation. She encourages small, steady steps and regular feedback so progress feels tangible and relevant to daily life.

Approach-focused online care that fits daily life

Yumi uses attachment-based work to look at how relationships shape current reactions and patterns, helping people see why certain situations trigger strong responses and how to try different ways of relating. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and practice new thinking and behavioral experiments that reduce anxiety or depressive patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness when feelings feel overwhelming.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals and needs, adjusting tools and pacing as progress unfolds. Clients are invited to give feedback so sessions stay useful and relevant.

Confirm current session formats before booking, as options are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for focused skill practice during ordinary routines. Some formats may also support shorter check-ins or phone-based sessions when less bandwidth or a quicker touchpoint is helpful. Ask about available arrangements to choose what works best for your schedule and concerns.