Yonna Swingholm, LCSW, LICSW

Yonna Swingholm is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience in psychotherapy. She holds a master’s degree in Social Work from Walla Walla University and carries the credentials LCSW and LICSW. She practices in California and draws on a broad clinical background to guide each session. Her work focuses on clear goals and practical steps. She blends client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and life transitions. Sessions aim to identify what matters most to the person and then try techniques that match those goals. Yonna also integrates mindfulness, existential ideas, and motivational interviewing when they fit the situation. She has experience with veterans and first responder concerns and has spent time working alongside Native Tribes across North America. Her background includes training as a yoga and meditation instructor and presenting on holistic treatment in healthcare. In sessions she pays attention to the therapeutic relationship and to real-world change. Conversations focus on skills to cope, clearer choices, and small experiments people can try between meetings. She emphasizes collaboration and finding approaches that feel sensible to the individual. Clients often bring issues like recovery from abuse, sexual trauma, addiction, parenting stress, career strain, or questions about identity and sexuality. Yonna aims to help people move toward clearer purpose and steadier coping over time.