About Yanlin
Yanlin Tso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. They offer a warm, accepting presence and a strengths-based outlook to help people feel seen. Yanlin works with a wide range of concerns including LGBT-related issues, career and self-esteem struggles, addiction, trauma, and chronic pain.
Sessions focus on practical steps and real change instead of jargon-heavy explanations. Yanlin centers trust and acceptance at the start of work.
Background and approach
They aim to create a space where clients can name their needs and build on the skills they already have. This approach helps people stay grounded while trying new ways to cope. The tone is collaborative and steady rather than prescriptive.
Somatic methods are part of Yanlin's toolkit, bringing attention to how the body holds stress and emotion. Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy are used to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck. Motivational Interviewing supports people who want to shift habits and make values-aligned choices.
Yanlin describes therapy as a step-by-step process. Together they identify barriers and small actions that move someone toward their goals. Work can include learning better communication, setting boundaries, or managing anger and impulsivity.
Sessions are offered from Florida and are available to international clients in English. Yanlin supports people across cultural backgrounds and identities while addressing issues such as gender dysphoria, family of origin struggles, and isolation.
How somatic and values-based work translates online
Somatic Therapy brings attention to how the body stores stress and emotion, using gentle awareness of breath, posture, and physical sensations to support regulation. It can be helpful for people with chronic pain, trauma, or tension that shows up in the body. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with those values while learning to notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck. This approach is useful for anxiety, life changes, and motivation challenges. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the person leads the pace and direction of sessions.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Yanlin will collaborate with each person to try methods that match their goals and comfort level. Together they adjust techniques and pace based on what feels most helpful, making changes when something is not working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work across locations. People can choose the format that best supports their needs, whether they prefer real-time conversation or written reflection over time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English