Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW 110249
Yeshara D. Acosta is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with Claremont Counseling & Support Center.
Education and Training:
Yeshara received her Master of Social Work Degree, with a Community Emphasis, from Azusa
Pacific University. She received a Bachelors Degree in Social work and a Bachelor of Arts in
International Studies from Southern Adventist University in Tennessee, combining her love of
serving her community with her love of learning languages and diverse cultures in their own
contexts.
Experience:
Yeshara has provided mental health services for 10+ years in individual, family, and group
settings. She has a special place in her heart for people in the helping fields, and advocates
for better mental health practices among all serving professions. Because helpers need
help too.
Specialties:
Yeshara is a bilingual, solution-focused therapist, using various techniques emphasizing the
self-determination of the client. She believes that change is a result of willingness to do the
hard and important work of increasing ones’ holistic self-awareness and acting on that
knowledge in healthier ways. She believes in addressing not just the symptoms of various
issues, but also the root causes, and working with the client to identify ways to live a life that
the client truly wants and needs. She has worked with depression, anxiety, PTSD, abuse
(physical, emotional, verbal), low self-esteem, family/couples/parent-child relational
dysfunction, questions of faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, at-risk youth, veterans
concerns, and a variety of other issues affecting daily life. Yeshara finds that serving people in
this way helps change communities one person at a time.
Personal:
When not doing therapy, Yeshara can be found watching a good comedy show, superhero
movie, or reruns of 90’s shows. She enjoys listening to music loudly in her car, enjoying time
with her family and pets, writing music and poetry, participating in her church community
and encouraging spiritual growth, petting EVERY dog she meets, bursting into spontaneous
song, making dad jokes, listening to audiobooks, sharing random trivia, and doing her best
to take care of her own mental health.