Yslande Vilsaint, LPC
Calm, practical support for everyday challenges
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Yslande works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Connecticut
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Yslande
Yslande Vilsaint is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, relationship strain, and life transitions. She works with people facing depression, grief, addiction concerns, and self-esteem struggles. She aims to make starting therapy feel simple and approachable for someone worried or unsure.
She practices in Connecticut and brings ten years of counseling experience to sessions. Her style is warm and direct. She creates space for clients to tell their stories and focus on practical next steps.
Background and approach
Sessions often combine straightforward cognitive-behavioral techniques with a client-centered way of listening. That means she helps people notice patterns in thoughts and behaviors, then practices small changes that add up over time. Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas are also used to calm intense feelings and set short-term goals.
Yslande pays attention to cultural background and individual life context. This means conversations about family, identity, adoption and foster care, multicultural concerns, or caregiver stress are handled with openness. She also supports people dealing with intimacy issues, communication breakdowns, jealousy, or forgiveness questions.
Her work is practical: identify a problem, try a small change, review what worked, and adjust. People often leave sessions with a simple plan to practice between meetings. The focus is on building coping skills that fit into everyday life.
What Yslande works with
Everything Yslande lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Yslande's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Yslande lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches for online change and coping
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and helping people describe what matters to them. The therapist follows the person’s lead and offers empathy so clients can explore difficult feelings like anger or grief comfortably. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that reduce anxiety or improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, then try techniques that match those aims. Sessions can shift over time if a different mix of skills or tools seems more helpful, and decisions are made collaboratively.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full conversation and nonverbal cues, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and keep progress moving between sessions.
Questions people ask about Yslande
What problems does she help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship strain, grief, addictions, and life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical. Sessions combine listening with hands-on exercises to try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, self-esteem, and family issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a CT LPC, a licensed professional counselor practicing in Connecticut.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.