Yonna Swingholm

Yonna Swingholm is a licensed psychotherapist based in California with 25 years of clinical experience. She holds a master’s degree in Social Work from Walla Walla University and has trained in multiple treatment modalities to support a broad range of client needs.

She is licensed to practice in Washington, California, North Carolina, and New Mexico, and specifically holds clinical social work licenses in California and Washington, making her credentials easy to understand for clients seeking licensed care. Her work draws on an integrative perspective that emphasizes the healing value of the therapeutic relationship alongside practical cognitive-behavioral strategies.

Yonna begins by identifying each client’s primary goals and then selects techniques matched to those objectives. She collaborates with clients to determine which approaches will be most effective and comfortable for them, tailoring therapy to the individual rather than applying a single method to everyone.

Her background includes extensive work with the military and the special operations community, and she has lived and worked with many Native Tribes across North America. In addition to clinical practice, she is a certified yoga and meditation instructor and serves as a trainer on the seminar circuit focused on integrating holistic treatment into healthcare settings.

Above all, Yonna believes in people’s natural tendency toward healing and growth, and she brings that conviction into supportive, goal-oriented therapy for stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and family issues, addictions, and a wide range of other concerns.