Yvette Watts, LCSW

Yvette Watts is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Virginia who brings 15 years of professional experience supporting children, families, adults, and couples. She offers services for individuals, couples, and employee assistance programs, and has developed clinical expertise through work with state agencies and community-based programs. Her background also includes service as a Red Cross Mental Health Volunteer, and she continues to focus on issues affecting older adults and couples, with a special emphasis on sexual health and intimacy.

Yvette combines a person-centered, strengths-based stance with a range of evidence-based interventions to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. She is intentional and creative in clinical work, integrating non-traditional tools such as art, music, and mindfulness techniques when they fit a person or couple's needs. Her practice pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, communication challenges, divorce and separation, and other relational and identity matters.

Committed to helping clients build practical coping skills, Yvette works collaboratively to identify treatment options and session styles that suit each individual. She draws on a foundation gained at Virginia Commonwealth University and ongoing clinical experience to support people as they navigate change and pursue clearer life direction.

Person-Centered and Strengths-Based Care Online

Yvette emphasizes a person-centered approach that prioritizes the client's goals and lived experience - this approach focuses on empathy, active listening, and helping individuals identify what matters most to them, which can be especially helpful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She also uses a strengths-based approach that highlights existing resources and abilities, helping people build resilience and practical coping strategies for depression, low self-esteem, and relational challenges. Mindfulness-informed techniques are incorporated when appropriate - these practices teach present-moment awareness and stress reduction skills that can support emotional regulation and grief processing.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the work together. Yvette collaborates with each person or couple to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting interventions over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy with Yvette is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varied schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals without requiring travel, allowing therapy to fit into daily life while addressing relationship, emotional, and life-change concerns.