Yolanda is a registered clinician providing mental health counselling support. Yolanda has been a Lytton resident for 17 years. She received a Master of Social Work from UBC and has additional training and experience in navigating the impact of trauma, IRS and intergenerational challenges, personal growth, relationships, parenting, conflict resolution. Yolanda practices techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, solution focused therapy to personal and strength based approaches.

Early in her career, Yolanda worked for Ministry of Child and Families Services and a Clinical Social Worker at BC Children’s Hospital and Abbotsford Regional Hospital for a total of 29 years, working mostly in the Emergency Room and Critical Care/Intensive Care. Twelve years ago, Yolanda transitioned to local in person counseling and has offices in Lytton and Lillooet and offers Tele Health and Zoom sessions. She is registered with FNHA as a contract counsellor.

Yolanda respectfully acknowledges that her Lytton workplaces are within the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Nlaka’pamux Nation. We are pleased to have clients met Yolanda in person at the Siska Heskw’en’scutxe Health Services Society office on scheduled Wednesdays. Please refer to the HHSS events calendar for upcoming dates.