Yvonne Schilling, LPC

Yvonne Schilling is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of clinical experience in Texas. She focuses on practical, compassionate care for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and life transitions. Yvonne aims to create an affirming space where clients can speak honestly and begin to make steady changes.

Her work often centers on helping people manage overwhelming thoughts and emotions, improve communication, and rebuild confidence. She supports those exploring sexual orientation and gender identity concerns and people coping with workplace stress or major life shifts. Yvonne uses straightforward tools to reduce symptoms and strengthen day-to-day coping skills.

Her approach draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and attachment-based ideas, mixed with a client-centered stance. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical exercises, and learning new ways to respond to difficult feelings. Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person's comfort.

Yvonne also addresses concerns like sleep problems, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, career stress, ADHD-related challenges, and complicated grief. She works with issues tied to family background, adoption and foster care, caregiving burden, and major health stressors. The emphasis stays on what the individual wants to change and realistic steps to get there.

People who choose her often want a therapist who listens without judgment, offers concrete strategies, and respects their identity. Her style is steady, empathetic, and goal-focused, aimed at helping clients build resilience and clearer choices for the future.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Yvonne commonly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy into online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive moods. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take action even when difficult feelings remain.

She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns, especially around closeness and communication. Therapy in this vein helps people understand why they react the way they do and practice different ways of relating. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process - the therapist will talk with clients about goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust plans as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and skill practice, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat suit shorter check-ins or flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while keeping work focused on concrete steps and real-world practice.