Ferial Youkhanna

Ferial Youkhanna, LMSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and addiction. She approaches concerns like relationship strain, parenting stress, eating and sleeping problems, and anger with a direct and practical style. She speaks English and Arabic and practices in Michigan. With 24 years of experience, Ferial draws on several therapy approaches to guide conversations and skill building. She uses Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used when someone wants to learn new ways to live with difficult feelings. Her sessions tend to center on clear goals and practical steps. People can expect to talk through what matters most to them, try small experiments between sessions, and build routines that reduce overwhelm. Attachment-based ideas inform work on connection, boundaries, and trust in close relationships. Ferial has worked with individuals facing serious mental health challenges and complex life events. She mentions experience with grief and bereavement, gambling addiction, panic attacks, OCD, and marital issues among other concerns. That background helps her tailor therapy to each person’s situation. She trained in Michigan, earning a Bachelor of Social Work from University of Detroit Mercy and a Master in Clinical Mental Health/Micro Social Work from Wayne State University. Her credential is LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker.

How these approaches work in online therapy

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on helping people process distressing experiences and reduce the ways past events interfere with daily life. Sessions usually involve talking about memories at a pace that feels manageable and practicing coping skills to reduce overwhelm. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants tools to keep living a meaningful life despite difficult feelings. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships, such as trust and boundaries, and helps people build healthier ways of relating. This work can help with intimacy issues, communication problems, and long-standing patterns tied to early relationships. Finding the best approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit the person’s goals, needs, and comfort level. That may mean mixing elements from different approaches and adjusting the plan as progress is made. Please confirm the available session formats before booking, since the original biography does not list specific online or in-person options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed, while still focusing on skill practice and emotional processing.