Mizuka Yasuoka, LPC

Michigan · 5 years in practice

Mizuka Yasuoka is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan who helps people navigate relationship struggles, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes.

License and registration

LPC, Michigan: 6401223460 · expires May 2029
NPI: 1871255489 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 5
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Mizuka

Mizuka Yasuoka is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan who helps people navigate relationship struggles, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She also supports those coping with compassion fatigue and related emotional strain. Mizuka emphasizes that clients know their own stories and brings a respectful, steady presence to sessions.

Mizuka focuses on listening first and building on each person’s strengths. She encourages small, practical steps that fit into daily life.

Background and approach

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with space to process emotions and try new ways of responding. Her approach draws on several therapy methods to match what each person needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns.

Client-centered work puts the client’s priorities at the center of the conversation. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is part of her toolkit for people working through past traumatic events. Psychodynamic ideas help uncover repeating relationship patterns and long-standing emotional themes.

Mizuka aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people feel heard. She supports parents and adults dealing with postpartum depression, immigration stress, identity concerns, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Her style is collaborative and practical, helping clients apply insights between sessions.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Mizuka lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Relationship issues
Self esteem
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Body image
Codependency
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Emptiness
Family problems
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Multicultural concerns
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Self-harm
Traumatic brain injury

Approaches Mizuka names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Mizuka uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, making concrete changes that improve mood and daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's perspective, with the therapist offering empathetic listening and support so clients set the pace and goals for work together. She also uses EMDR for people processing traumatic memories, employing structured steps to reduce the intensity of past events.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Mizuka works collaboratively to decide which method or combination fits a person's needs, goals, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls are a close substitute for in-person sessions and work well for deeper conversations and EMDR-oriented work. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is low or to fit a short check-in into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send thoughts between sessions, keep momentum, and get quick support when needed. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other obligations.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Mizuka commonly address?

She works with relationship issues, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue, plus related topics such as attachment, codependency, and post-traumatic stress.

What is Mizuka's therapy style like?

Her sessions are listening-focused and collaborative, with practical steps to try between meetings and an emphasis on clients' existing strengths.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has five years of professional experience as a counselor working with a range of emotional and relationship concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Michigan.

In which languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does cost and payment work?

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