Dr. Yolanda McDade, LPC
Experienced counselor focused on practical change
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Yolanda works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Mississippi
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Yolanda
Dr. Yolanda McDade helps people who are struggling with anger, stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, eating concerns, and depression. She writes in a direct style and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions.
She is an LPC and has 30 years of experience working with clients in Mississippi and beyond. Her approach centers on changing thoughts and actions that keep problems going. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to notice what someone is doing and thinking.
Background and approach
Then she helps design small, measurable changes to create better results. She also draws on solution-focused methods to find and use a person’s existing strengths and resources. In sessions she aims to be encouraging and straightforward.
She helps people set clear goals and track progress. Conversations often include concrete strategies to reduce reactivity, manage stress, and build self-confidence. Dr.
McDade believes clients know their own stories and can use strengths to move forward. Therapy is presented as a collaborative process where the person’s goals come first. She encourages taking small steps that add up to meaningful change.
Her practice offers multiple online formats so people can choose what fits their routines. She works with adults who want practical skills for managing mood, anger, workplace strain, social anxiety, panic, post-traumatic stress reactions, caregiver stress, and related concerns.
What Yolanda works with
Everything Yolanda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Yolanda's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches that guide online sessions
Dr. McDade uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and then try specific changes. This approach is useful for managing anxiety, mood challenges, and anger by breaking problems into small, measurable steps.She also uses solution-focused techniques that look for existing strengths and resources a person already has. These methods help set short-term, practical goals and track quick wins that build momentum toward larger change.
Choosing the right approach is a joint effort. She works with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. Over the first few sessions she and the client review what’s helping and adjust the plan together so it fits real life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy accessible. Video lets people work face to face from wherever they are, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports faster check-ins, and messaging helps people keep a thread of work between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to try approaches that suit individual routines and comfort levels.
Questions people ask about Yolanda
What issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem issues, and depression, plus related areas like panic, post-traumatic stress, workplace problems, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style blends cognitive behavioral ideas and solution-focused work to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and build on what already works for the client.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and with individual clients.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She is based in Mississippi and holds an MS LPC credential, which indicates a licensed professional counselor.
Can people who live outside the U.S. work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions with people outside the United States.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the client.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.