About Yalanda
Yalanda Smith-Hudlin helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting strain, anger, and low self-esteem. She uses straightforward talk and practical steps so people can start feeling more in control. Yalanda is an LPCC, which is the Ohio licensure listed in her background.
She draws on two decades of professional experience to guide conversations toward clear goals. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that increase stress and trying small behavior changes that can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Parents can expect help with practical strategies for routines, communication, and motivation. Yalanda emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they really think and feel. She listens for themes like control issues, guilt, or shame and helps people name them.
From there she works with clients to set small, doable steps forward. Beyond immediate concerns, she supports people facing life changes like divorce, midlife shifts, or rethinking life purpose. She also addresses caregiver stress, panic symptoms, mood challenges, and social anxiety.
The focus is on real-world changes that fit a person's schedule and values. Starting therapy is framed as a process. Yalanda helps people track progress and adjusts the plan as needs change.
Conversations aim to increase self-compassion, build confidence, and improve day-to-day coping.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Support
Yalanda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach centers on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood; this helps people notice patterns and try small experiments to feel better. Another commonly used method focuses on problem-solving and skill building for parenting and anger, teaching clear routines, communication skills, and strategies for impulse control and motivation.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to your concerns, discuss options, and tailor methods to your goals and life circumstances. Together you will track what works and adjust the plan if needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video can support deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text is useful for brief check-ins or when writing feels easier. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, weekends, or caregiving routines and help maintain continuity when travel or work hours change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English