- Years in practice
- 3
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Iowa
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Anger management
About Ngnoron
Ngnoron Yapo is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who brings three years of clinical experience to her practice. She focuses on practical support for common struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and motivation. She emphasizes a respectful, strengths-based view of each person she sees.
Yapo centers sessions on the client's story. She listens for what already works and builds on those strengths. Conversations are straightforward and goal-focused so progress feels clear and meaningful.
Background and approach
She has worked with people dealing with trauma and abuse, anger, addiction concerns, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports those facing grief, sleep and eating concerns, bipolar mood challenges, and the daily strain of parenting and career changes. Her approach includes coaching elements to help clients develop practical skills for handling emotions and stress.
She pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns and helps address communication problems and family-of-origin patterns when they come up. Yapo practices in Iowa as an IA LMHC, and she provides services in English. She aims to make the steps into therapy simple and direct so people feel able to try small changes and build on them over time.
What Ngnoron works with
Everything Ngnoron lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Ngnoron helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches and online options for practical change
Yapo uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on building skills and solving everyday problems. She often uses practical skill-building work that teaches emotion regulation, stress management, and coping strategies to reduce anxiety and improve mood. These techniques help people manage intense feelings and regain a sense of control.She also uses approaches that emphasize attachment and relationships to address abandonment, communication problems, and family-of-origin patterns. These methods help people improve how they relate to others and understand patterns that affect current relationships.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and what has helped or hindered them before. Together they try methods that fit the client's life and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for in-depth conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are helpful for brief support, notes between sessions, or when scheduling flexibility matters. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine and keep momentum between visits.
Questions people ask about Ngnoron
What concerns does this therapist help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting, career changes, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and related areas.
What is the therapist's style in sessions?
Sessions are practical and strengths-focused. Conversations are direct, goal-oriented, and tailored to what the client already does well.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience working with people on a range of concerns including trauma, addiction, grief, and mood problems.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an IA LMHC licensed in Iowa and practices there as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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