Yvonne Janette Co

I create a safe environment in which you can rediscover, connect with, and actualize your true self. So often pain, trauma, and adversity require us to adapt to survive. We begin masking our true selves and coping in ways that were necessary then but no longer serve us now. When we remain disconnected from our true selves and rely upon past survival mechanisms, problems arise in the present. Whether it be anxiety or depression, feeling unfulfilled and disconnected, or engaging in unhealthy behaviors or relationship patterns, I provide the safe and non-judgmental space in which you can access your internal compass, reclaim your true self, chart your own course, and fulfill your true potential. So often life becomes about hanging on and weathering whatever storm comes next. My goal is for you to do more than survive. I want you to thrive. I have experience working with individuals, couples, families, teens, and groups. I practice from psychodynamic, humanistic, and attachment-based orientations and utilize a trauma- and neurologically-informed approach. I also am a certified clinical anxiety treatment professional, a certified depression and mood disorders treatment professional, and a certified anger management treatment professional. In addition, I am an EMDR-trained therapist (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), and I am Level 2-trained in Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT). IFS is a powerfully transformative model of psychotherapy, which believes that our inner parts contain valuable and welcome qualities and our core self knows how to heal. EMDR can help to resolve unprocessed trauma, which allows the brain to resume its natural healing function. PACT is a couple modality through which you can build an understanding of your partner’s (and your own) brain, somatic/physiological reactions, and attachment styles, which can help you diffuse conflict and tension. Gottman Method Couples Therapy draws from four decades of research on all facets of relationships to support and repair troubled relationships and to strengthen happy ones. Addictive behaviors and substance use are ways of coping with trauma and pain. I am a certified addictions-informed professional, trained in treating co-occurring substance use and mental health issues as well as motivating clients towards changing their addictive (or other unwanted) behaviors using motivational interviewing and evidence-based skills. I also am a trained and certified clinical trauma professional. I received my M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University in 2011, my J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1998, and my B.A. from Smith College in 1994.