Ferial Youkhanna

Ferial Youkhanna, LMSW, helps people facing grief, loss, and end-of-life concerns as well as anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship struggles. She speaks English and Arabic and brings a steady, direct approach to sessions. Her background in social work spans more than two decades in Michigan.

She focuses on grief and hospice and end-of-life counseling alongside common concerns such as panic, trauma, compulsive behaviors, and marital issues. In a typical session she listens, reflects, and helps clients name what matters most. She uses practical tools drawn from cognitive and behavioral methods to manage symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try small changes between sessions. Conversation may include goal setting, skill practice, and learning ways to cope with intense emotions.

Ferial trained in social work and holds a Master of Social Work, listed as LMSW. Her clinical experience includes long-term work with people facing severe mental health challenges, grief, and addiction. She draws on attachment-based ideas when relationship patterns are part of the concern.

Sessions are geared toward real problems and real-life fixes. She also addresses caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and communication problems. People who want support with managing change, improving relationships, or navigating loss may find her approach practical and steady.

How her approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while allowing difficult feelings to be present. It can be useful for anxiety, grief, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavior experiments to reduce symptoms such as panic, depression, or compulsive urges. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns formed early in life and how they show up now, which can help with intimacy, communication problems, and caregiver stress.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work with the client to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and personal style. That collaborative process may combine ideas from ACT, CBT, and attachment work rather than using a single technique.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when needed, and let people join from different locations without travel time. It can also allow focused skill practice between sessions and frequent touchpoints to support grief, coping with chronic illness, or managing addiction urges.