Yuridia (Valerie) Polonsky, LCSW
Compassionate therapist who listens and guides
Details
| Name | Yuridia (Valerie) Polonsky |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | Florida |
| Licensed in | Florida |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Years in practice | 15 |
About Yuridia
Yuridia (Valerie) Polonsky is a Florida-based licensed clinical social worker. She brings 15 years of practical experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and works with adults on a range of everyday and complex concerns.
Yuridia focuses on creating a steady, respectful space where someone can talk through what feels hard. She listens for the story a person tells about themselves and the habits that follow from that story.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, useful steps that make day-to-day life feel more manageable. Her background includes work with relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. She also supports people dealing with addictions, sleep problems, anger, career stress, and challenges tied to aging or caregiving.
Her additional areas of attention include attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, blended family issues, and ADHD-related struggles. Yuridia draws on several practical approaches to shape sessions. She uses Narrative ideas to help people reframe their life stories, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy strategies to clarify values and build willingness, and Attachment-Based perspectives to address patterns in close relationships.
Cognitive Behavioral techniques and client-centered conversation also appear in sessions when they fit the work. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps clients set goals, try new behaviors between meetings, and notice what changes.
People who want clear direction along with open listening tend to find this approach helpful.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Family conflicts, Self esteem among the things Yuridia works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Imago Relationship Therapy: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Yuridia among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Yuridia directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Yuridia directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and action-focused therapy translate online
Yuridia uses Narrative Therapy to help people examine and reframe the stories they tell about themselves, which can change how they respond to problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and practice small actions aligned with those values. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds influence current reactions; that perspective helps when relationship dynamics or intimacy concerns cause distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will discuss options and adjust methods based on a person's goals, needs, and preferences. The process is collaborative - clients and the therapist decide together what techniques to try and when to shift course.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when more connection helps. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief updates into a busy day or continue work between sessions. These options make therapy easier to schedule around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on meaningful change.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does Yuridia help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting and career stress, addictions, and ADHD-related struggles.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her sessions are collaborative and practical, focused on listening, reframing personal stories, and trying small changes that matter in daily life.
What experience does she bring?
Yuridia has 15 years of clinical experience working with a broad range of adult concerns across stress, mood, and relationship issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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