Yvonne Smith
Yvonne Smith

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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