Yumi Lemaster, LCSW

Yumi Lemaster is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience. She brings a practical, down-to-earth approach so people can talk about what matters most. Yumi emphasizes clear skills and step-by-step tools to help clients cope and move forward.

She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice patterns, test thoughts, and change unhelpful behaviors. Attachment-based ideas guide work around closeness, trust, and relationship patterns. Client-centered principles shape sessions so the client's goals set the pace.

Her background includes many years as an Army social worker, where she supported service members through grief, stress, adjustment, and substance concerns. That experience shaped her focus on practical coping skills and psychoeducation. She aims to offer straightforward tools people can use between sessions.

Sessions typically include skill practice, problem-solving, and reflection. Yumi encourages feedback so therapy stays relevant to each person's needs. She believes growth comes from trying new ways and practicing them over time.

People seek her help for anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship problems, grief, sleep and eating concerns, and work stress. Yumi also addresses attachment issues, caregiving strain, codependency, body image, and family-of-origin concerns. She works with clients in English and offers online formats to fit different schedules.

How online approaches and therapeutic styles work together

Yumi commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and practice new behaviors. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns by giving clear exercises and homework to try between sessions. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people build healthier ways of relating. Client-centered therapy focuses on following the client's lead and creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk about what matters most.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Yumi will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. She uses that discussion to shape a plan and adjusts it as progress or goals change, keeping the client involved at every step.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use gestures and facial cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief updates, between-session coaching, or support when writing feels easier. These options help fit therapy into busy days and different routines.