Yonna Swingholm , LCSW, LICSW

Yonna Swingholm brings 25 years of clinical experience and a master’s degree in Social Work from Walla Walla University to her therapeutic practice in California. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials - both indicating advanced clinical social work training and licensure to provide psychotherapy - and has worked across multiple states during her career. Yonna practices from an integrative perspective, placing strong emphasis on the therapeutic relationship while drawing on cognitive-behavioral strategies to address presenting concerns. Her style centers on clarifying each client’s goals and then selecting techniques that best align with those aims, always collaborating with the person in front of her to discover what will work most effectively.

Her clinical experience includes extensive work with military and special operations communities and extended collaboration with Native tribes across North America. In addition to psychotherapeutic training, she is a certified yoga and meditation instructor and has served as a trainer on the seminar circuit for integrating holistic treatment into healthcare. Throughout her work Yonna maintains a hopeful perspective about people’s capacity for healing and growth and aims to support clients through stress, trauma, life transitions, and relationship challenges.