About Ferial
Ferial Youkhanna, LMSW, helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns. She also supports those dealing with sleep and eating struggles, parenting stress, anger, low self-esteem, career changes, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She uses clear, practical methods so people can feel steadier in daily life.
Her approach is grounded in body-aware work and talk therapy. Somatic methods help people notice how tension and emotion show up in the body.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) are used to change unhelpful thoughts and build action that matches personal values. Sessions are collaborative and focused on what matters to each person. She listens, helps name patterns, and practices skills together in the room.
Therapy includes short exercises, reflection, and step-by-step plans to test new ways of coping between sessions. Ferial earned a Bachelor of Social Work from University of Detroit Mercy and a Master in Clinical Mental Health/Micro Social Work from Wayne State University, both in Michigan. She holds a Licensed Master Social Worker credential, LMSW.
She brings more than 24 years of clinical experience to her practice. Ferial offers services in English and Arabic, and she provides care to people in Michigan. Her work blends somatic awareness with evidence-based talk therapies to help people move forward.
Therapy approaches and online options
Somatic work helps people tune into sensations in the body and notice how stress and emotion are held physically; this can be useful for trauma, chronic tension, and strong emotional reactions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while taking values-based actions to build a meaningful life. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns of connection shape current relationships and helps people create safer, more satisfying ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then try methods that match those needs. Sessions are collaborative, and adjustments are made if something does not feel helpful.
Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through flexible formats. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for guided exercises and conversation. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer options for shorter check-ins or for people who prefer typed communication. These online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue work between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English, Arabic