Yoko Farmer, LCSW

Yoko Farmer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York who brings compassion and clinical insight to people navigating stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She works in both English and Japanese and draws on clinical training to help individuals understand the meaning behind their distress rather than simply masking symptoms with short-term fixes.

Yoko approaches emotional pain as information to be explored. She listens closely to what a person’s pain is communicating, aiming to uncover patterns that keep someone feeling stuck and to support steps toward reconnecting with their authentic self. Her work emphasizes learning how to manage and, when appropriate, release long-held suffering rather than applying a superficial band aid that leaves the underlying issues unchanged.

Her clinical style blends cognitive behavioral therapy - a skills-based approach that focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors - with psychodynamic methods that examine past experiences and relational patterns. By tracing earlier events and identifying where a person remains entangled with old pain, she helps build practical coping skills that improve everyday functioning and emotional resilience.