Cerita Yvonne, LMSW is a trauma informed therapist who specializes in helping individuals rebuild emotional safety, repair relationships, and reconnect with their sense of worth. With over a decade of experience, she supports clients navigating complex trauma, anxiety, depression, codependency, burnout, and relational patterns that feel difficult to break.

Cerita’s approach integrates evidence based practices such as CBT, DBT-informed skills, mindfulness, somatic regulation, and Internal Family Systems woven together with deep cultural humility and a strengths-based perspective. She brings a calm, grounded presence to her work, helping clients understand their nervous system, heal attachment wounds, and develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.

Clients describe Cerita as warm, intuitive, and deeply validating. Her work centers on creating a compassionate space where people feel seen, supported, and empowered to heal at their own pace. Whether someone is beginning therapy for the first time or returning after a difficult season, Cerita meets them exactly where they are and helps them move toward clarity, resilience, and emotional freedom.

“To heal is to touch with love that which was previously touched by fear.” – Stephen Levine