- Practical skill building
- Focus on relationships
- Grounding and confidence
About Yellda
Yellda McIntosh, LPC, welcomes people who are tired of feeling stuck by anxiety, stress, or low mood. She aims to help clients feel steadier and more confident. Her focus includes trauma, depression, and patterns that can leave people feeling overwhelmed by relationships or daily life.
She has practiced for 13 years in Colorado and draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, mentioned in her background, is used to help clients notice patterns and develop new ways of responding. Conversations in sessions are practical and aimed at small changes that add up over time.
Sessions often look at how past hurts or attachment wounds affect current choices and relationships. She pays attention to codependency and communication problems that make people doubt themselves or take on too much responsibility for others. Work may include learning skills to reduce intense emotions, building clearer boundaries, and practicing different responses to old habits.
Her approach mixes skill-building with curiosity about life history. Clients can expect direct, compassionate feedback and concrete steps to try between meetings. Progress is framed as gradual and collaborative rather than a quick fix.
Yellda offers therapy in English and serves people located in Colorado. She does not take international clients. Prospective clients are asked to use the site process to begin matching and scheduling so sessions can be arranged based on current availability.
How her approaches guide online work
Yellda mentions Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and other evidence-based therapeutic techniques as part of her work. DBT focuses on building specific skills such as emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to help people manage intense feelings and improve relationships. Evidence-based techniques more broadly involve targeted strategies to interrupt unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that maintain anxiety, depression, or codependency.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, try methods that feel like a good fit, and adjust as progress and needs emerge. Clients can expect to set short-term goals and review what works together over time.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into busy schedules and avoiding travel time. Online work can make it easier to maintain continuity when life gets hectic and to practice new skills between meetings. Because the biography does not specify session formats, confirm current session options before booking so you know which format will be used.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
13+ years
Credentials
Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and bipolar-related concerns. Additional focuses include codependency, attachment issues, communication problems, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative, using curiosity and direct feedback. Sessions emphasize skill-building and changes people can practice between meetings.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 13 years of clinical experience helping people navigate mood, trauma, and relationship patterns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds an LPC, which is a Licensed Professional Counselor designation, and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what about cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the matching process.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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