Jonathon Yassanye , LISW, LCSW

Jonathon Yassanye is a licensed social worker who brings eight years of clinical experience to adult mental health care. He blends person-centered engagement with evidence-based techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship concerns, self-esteem challenges, and life transitions. Drawing on training in cognitive behavioral therapy and brief psychodynamic methods, he works collaboratively with clients to develop individualized plans that include psychoeducation, practical interventions, and self-care strategies aimed at reducing symptoms and improving daily functioning.

He earned his degree from Case Western Reserve University and built early clinical skills during an internship at Circle Health Services in Cleveland, where he focused on CBT, anger management training, and person-centered practice. He later joined the Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland, gaining specialized education in Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders and learning to support both individuals with cognitive decline and the family caregivers who care for them. While at JFSA, he provided psychotherapy to caregivers to address the stress and burden that often accompanies caregiving.

Throughout his development he completed advanced supervision and training that expanded his expertise in gestalt techniques, grief and loss, experiential work, and mood disorders. He was trained to facilitate the Savvy Caregiver Program, learned to administer a range of psychological measures including the GDS, MoCA, PHQ-9, Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire, QOL-AD, and the Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy, and earned certification in the Deconstructing Anxiety model from Dr. Todd Pressman. He holds LISW and LCSW credentials, which are professional social work licenses that reflect clinical training and supervised practice.