Yvonne Smith

LAC

Behavioral Health Clinician and Site-Based Counselor at African American Student Affairs (AASA)

Pronouns:

she, her, hers

Identities & Language

cis woman
straight/heterosexual
Black/African American
spiritual
language: English

Education & License

Yvonne has a Masters in Guidance and Counseling. she is a Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC) in the state of Arizona and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and licensed School Counselor, prek-12 in the state of New Mexico.

CAPS Service Teams

Cultural Center Counselors

Role at CAPS

Yvonne is the embedded counselor at the office of African American Student Affairs.

Specialty Populations

BIPOC
Disabled
LGBTQIAAP+

Specialty Areas

Academic Concerns
Anger Management
Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Borderline Personality
Coping Skills
Crisis
Depression
Domestic Violence
Dual Diagnosis

Emotional Disturbance
Emotional Abuse or Narcissistic Abuse
Family Conflict/Family of Origin
Grief
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury/Self-Harm
Panic
Peer Relationships

Racial Identity
Racial Trauma
Self-Esteem
Sexual Abuse or Assault
Stress
Suicidal Ideation
Trauma and PTSD
Women's Issues

Treatment Approach

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Processing (CP)
Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Existential
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
Humanistic
Interpersonal

Mindfulness
Motivational Interviewing
Multicultural
Narrative
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
Reality Therapy (WDEP)
Solution-Focused
Trauma-Focused
Trauma-Informed

Professional Interests

Yvonne has trained in mindfulness, PTSD, multiculturalism, EMDR, DBT, gender studies, domestic violence, sexual assault, childhood trauma, and anxiety. She has done extensive research in African American women and children evidence based treatments for mental health healing.

Personal Interests

Music, movies, and being with close friends. Laughter is the best medicine.

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