Gardenia L Yao
Pre-Licensed Professional (she, her)
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
5 Endorsed
College Park, MD 20740
Let's Connect (240) 502-0594
You'll process past negative experiences with people, food, money; leverage your healthy relationships; identify how to incorporate meaningful relationships (with yourself and others) into your life, explore guilt and shame, learn how to identify emotions, effective communication, resilience, self soothing, distress tolerance, building connection and resolving conflict. My education and training allow me to support people in addressing their relationships-with people, places and things. You'll address relational trauma, shame, addiction, taboos, shame, anxiety, depression, boundaries, self-worth, impulsivity, attachment and more.
To support my clients in deepening insight and identifying/implementing strategies to alleviate or eliminate mental health disorders and distress, I use open and close and questions, mindfulness strategies to help regulate mood, reframing of irrational thoughts, challenging questions to shift them out of impulsivity and affirmation to build compassion.
You'll benefit from my warm validation, compassionate questioning, appropriate humor, unique insights, and careful listening as we work toward understanding belief systems, emotional responses and reactions.
Call or Email Gardenia L Yao now for a free 15 minute consultation - (240) 502-0594
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $180
- Couple Sessions $210
Payment Methods
American Express, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, VisaInsurance
- Aetna
- Anthem
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- CareFirst
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Johns Hopkins
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Optum
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
Gardenia L Yao
Pre-Licensed Professional
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (240) 502-0594
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Supervised by Tiffany Bufort Odom (District of Columbia / PRC15525) Gardenia L Yao
- In Practice for 1 year
- Attended University of Massachusetts Global Campus, Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy, Graduated 2025
Education and Years In Practice
Gardenia L Yao
Pre-Licensed Professional
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (240) 502-0594
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Codependency
Expertise
- Autism
- Body Positivity
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Grief
- Infidelity
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Men's Issues
- Middle aged women
- Obesity
- Peer Relationships
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychological impact: bicultural American identity
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Addiction
- Stress
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Gardenia L Yao
Pre-Licensed Professional
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (240) 502-0594
5 Endorsements
Client Focus
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Single Parent
Ethnicity
Asian ,
Black and African American
I also speak
Spanish
Age
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Group
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Single Parent
Ethnicity
Asian ,
Black and African American
I also speak
Spanish
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Interpersonal
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
Gardenia L Yao
Pre-Licensed Professional
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (240) 502-0594
Location
Additional Location
Beltsville, MD 20705
(240) 502-0594