About
- Parenting challenges
- Anxiety and depression
- Grief and trauma
About Yana
Yana Gaykov is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with 20 years of professional experience. She has worked with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting challenges, and depression.
Her practice focuses on practical conversations. She treats the person, not just a symptom. Sessions look at what is happening now and what patterns keep showing up. Yana encourages people to use the strengths they already have to handle hard moments.
She works with issues that often come up around family and parenting, including grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related worries, and caring for aging or ill relatives. Other areas she addresses include addiction, ADHD, bipolar concerns, sleep and eating problems, anger, and career stress. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care matters, pregnancy and childbirth transitions, and multicultural or identity-related concerns.
In session she aims for clear, steady steps rather than abstract theory. Conversations include naming problems, trying small changes, and adjusting what isn’t working. She helps people cope with life changes and with feelings like guilt, shame, or compassion fatigue.
Yana works in English and practices from her New York credential. To begin, readers are asked to use the site matching process and schedule a first session through the online options button.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions work
Yana describes her work using evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-life change. One common approach is problem-focused work that narrows in on a specific difficulty, breaks it into manageable pieces, and tests small behavior changes to see what helps. This kind of work can be useful for anxiety, parenting challenges, sleep or eating problems, and day-to-day stress.Another approach is skills-based coping work, which teaches practical tools for emotion regulation, impulse control, or managing compassion fatigue. These skills are practiced in session and adapted to daily routines, which can help with mood, anger, and concentration concerns.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, try an approach, and adjust it as needed. The emphasis is on finding what fits the client’s needs and preferences rather than following a single method.
The original profile does not specify which online formats are provided, so confirm current session options before scheduling. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or remove travel time. Therapists and licensed professionals often find that remote sessions let people attend from different places while still focusing on concrete steps and skills work.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship worries, parenting issues, and depression, plus related areas like grief, trauma, addictions, and sleep or eating problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She focuses on practical conversations that name problems and try small changes. The work emphasizes a person’s existing strengths and straightforward steps forward.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 20 years of professional experience in social work and clinical practice in New York.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, credentialed as NY LCSW, and practices from New York.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list session formats. Please confirm current online session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.