Sueann Yahne, LCSW

Sueann Yahne is a California-licensed LCSW with 25 years of professional experience working with individuals and families. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker she brings extensive training in mental health assessment and treatment, helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, family conflicts, post-divorce issues, and parenting concerns. Her practice also addresses life changes that require new coping strategies and adjustments.

Sueann emphasizes a strengths-based perspective, working from the belief that each person is the expert on their own story. She partners with clients to uncover existing strengths and build new skills that support problem solving and emotional recovery. This approach guides work on attachment concerns, codependency, communication and control issues, and other relational patterns that affect wellbeing.

Committed to supportive, practical care, Sueann helps clients take the first steps and the next steps needed to resolve conflicts and pursue a more satisfying life. She offers steady guidance through difficult transitions such as divorce and separation, issues related to family of origin, and challenges around parenting, sexuality, and intimacy, always centering the client’s goals and readiness for change.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Flexible Online Care

Sueann uses evidence-based techniques tailored to relationship and life-change work. One focus is attachment-informed therapy, which explores how early relationship patterns influence current connections and helps people develop more secure ways of relating. This approach can be useful for clients struggling with intimacy, trust, or long-standing relational patterns.

She also employs skills-based strategies that help identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teach practical tools for managing stress and anxiety. These methods emphasize concrete coping skills and problem-solving to support day-to-day functioning. In addition, Sueann integrates family and communication-focused work to address conflict, parenting challenges, and post-divorce dynamics by improving interaction patterns and building clearer communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sueann collaborates with each person to determine which techniques best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. Online options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make scheduling more flexible and increase access to consistent care from a licensed professional. These formats support continuity of work and allow therapy to fit into varied routines and life demands.