Yolanda Liriano-Kimbrough
Calm, practical therapy for life’s hard moments
LCSW Arizona
- Experience
- 27 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English, Spanish
About Yolanda
Yolanda Liriano-Kimbrough is a licensed clinical social worker with 27 years of experience. She draws on practical therapy methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and problems with self-esteem.
Background and approach
Her approach is straightforward and compassionate, focused on helping people take the first steps toward a more manageable day-to-day life. She uses a mix of methods to match a person’s needs, including the Gottman Method, acceptance and commitment techniques, cognitive behavioral tools, and EMDR for trauma work.
Sessions aim to make difficult feelings easier to understand and handle. Conversations are direct but warm, and the emphasis is on real-world skills rather than jargon.
Yolanda emphasizes building a trusting space where clients can talk openly without judgment. She pays attention to how past losses, attachment concerns, and family patterns affect current stress and choices.
Practical work might include new ways to communicate, steps to manage mood, or strategies for coping with chronic pain and illness. She also addresses concerns like abandonment, body image, caregiver strain, money stress, and isolation.
Therapy can include short-term skill building or longer work on deeper trauma and life transitions. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish to accommodate bilingual clients.
Yolanda is licensed in Arizona as an LCSW. Her practice accepts international clients and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Yolanda commonly combines the Gottman Method with acceptance and commitment therapy and client-centered techniques. The Gottman Method focuses on practical communication skills and understanding patterns that affect close relationships. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. Client-centered work emphasizes listening, empathy, and helping clients lead the conversation about what matters to them.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She discusses goals, preferences, and current challenges and then shapes the plan with the client. That collaborative process may mix approaches over time so the care matches changing needs and progress.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for longer sessions and teaching interaction skills, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can support quick check-ins or ongoing practice between sessions. These formats offer flexibility for scheduling, allow work across different time zones, and make it easier to fit therapy into busy days.
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Experience
27+ years
Licensed in
Arizona
Languages
English, Spanish