- Addiction counseling
- Anxiety and panic
- Relationship strain
About Yuki
Yuki Sugisaki is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 14 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing addiction, anxiety, depression, and family conflict. Sessions are offered in English and Japanese, and she accepts international clients.
She combines practical strategies with direct conversation. Clients can expect focused work on substance use and co-occurring mental health challenges. She also helps with relationship strain, grief, sleep problems, and feeling stuck in life.
Sugisaki draws on approaches that include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Attachment-Based Therapy. That means she might help someone spot unhelpful thoughts, practice skills for distress, or look at how close relationships affect feelings and behavior.
Her background includes long experience in addiction counseling and work with severe mental health concerns. This experience informs how she responds when substance use and mood or anxiety problems appear together. She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, caregiver strain, and financial or immigration-related pressures.
Language and cultural context can matter in therapy, and she offers sessions in Japanese as well as English. The intake process begins with a short matching questionnaire, then scheduling a first session. Subscription-based billing is used and can be canceled at any time.
Approaches used in online work and how they help
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape patterns of trust and closeness; it can help when relationship fear or avoidance makes social situations harder. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing and testing unhelpful thoughts and trying behavioral experiments; it is often used for anxiety, panic, and phobias. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance during high-stress moments.Finding the best approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort. That exploration can include trying a skill-based method one week and more attachment-focused conversation the next.
Confirm the current session options before booking because specific formats are not listed in the profile. Online work can make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into everyday life by reducing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to include sessions across time zones since she accepts international clients. Practical benefits include being able to practice skills in real-world settings and to bring recent interactions into session for discussion.
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Japanese
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with addiction, anxiety, depression, relationship and family conflict, grief, sleep issues, and related concerns such as ADHD and trauma.
What is her style in sessions?
Her approach is practical and conversational, using methods like CBT and DBT skills alongside attachment-focused work.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 14 years of clinical experience working with addiction and severe mental health challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a California LMFT and practices from California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Japanese, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking since the profile does not list specific formats.
How are sessions billed?
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and costs vary with location.
How do I begin a first session?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling your first session.