Claudia Young , LCSW

Claudia Young is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Northern California with 15 years of experience in the mental health field. She earned her master’s degree from California State University, Chico and has built a career focused on compassionate, evidence-informed care that helps people navigate complex life challenges.

Claudia’s therapeutic style is empathetic, dynamic, and nonjudgmental, aiming to create an inviting space where reflection, processing, and growth can occur. She meets clients where they are and encourages active participation in the healing process, guiding individuals toward greater fulfillment, resilience, and emotional balance through a trauma-informed perspective. The credential LCSW indicates a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who is trained to provide clinical mental health services.

Experienced with children, families, couples, and individuals, Claudia has specialized training that includes play therapy for young children, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She has worked with a broad range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship difficulties, divorce, and career changes, and she is committed to offering personalized strategies that support lasting well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take meaningful action even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. It is useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions by building psychological flexibility and values-based behavior. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns formed in early relationships and how those patterns affect current connections; it can be especially helpful for relationship struggles, abandonment concerns, and family-of-origin issues by fostering awareness and new relational skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and other mood-related concerns, offering practical tools for coping and problem solving.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Claudia works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors interventions from these approaches to match individual circumstances and adapts treatment as progress unfolds, partnering with clients to refine what works best.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to maintain consistent care around work, family, and other commitments, while allowing licensed professionals and therapists to deliver structured, evidence-informed support across a variety of concerns.