Yvette Fort, LCSW

Yvette Fort is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 25 years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, dips in motivation, challenges with self-esteem and confidence, and career-related difficulties, tailoring her work to the specific needs of each person she supports.

Known for a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate approach, she creates a therapeutic process that is built around clear goals and practical steps. Her practice emphasizes collaboration - clients and therapist work together to shape conversations and treatment plans that reflect individual values, circumstances, and desired outcomes. Yvette helps people take the initial, often difficult, steps toward a more fulfilling and balanced life by offering steady support and encouragement.

Whether someone is confronting panic or persistent worry, recovering from past hurt, navigating workplace issues, or seeking greater self-love and life purpose, she focuses on empowering clients with strategies and insights that foster lasting change. Her long experience in New York has informed a flexible, person-centered practice that adapts to a wide range of concerns and life transitions.

Evidence-based techniques and virtual care

Yvette Fort draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skill building and trauma-aware care. One approach emphasizes skills-based strategies for managing stress and anxiety - teaching breathing, grounding, and thought-management techniques that can reduce intense symptoms and improve day-to-day coping. Another approach is trauma-informed work that pays attention to how past abuse or hurt affects present functioning and relationships, helping clients process difficult experiences at a pace that feels manageable. These methods aim to improve emotion regulation, resilience, and self-understanding.

Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Yvette partners with clients to identify goals, assess what helps or hinders progress, and adjust methods so therapy fits each person’s needs and preferences. This teamwork helps find the most effective path forward.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - offer flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access consistent support from a licensed professional while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and they allow therapists to tailor session type to the client’s situation and goals.