About Mimi Yasgur

Hi! I’m Mimi Yasgur. 

Pronouns: she/her

As you pursue your mental health and wellness journey, I offer you support and resources to empower yourself in finding clarity, in alignment with your values and life goals. 

I specialize in working with adults across the lifespan. Whether you are downsizing your home, helping a friend or family member move, or sorting through a loved one’s belongings, I help you gain an understanding of the underlying emotional roots and trauma surrounding these transitions. I also provide you with concrete tools to address overwhelm, mitigate isolation, and cultivate a positive, spacious relationship between your physical environment and mental wellbeing. 

In our therapy sessions, you will have opportunities to engage in a variety of therapeutic approaches and methods:  

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to strengthen coping skills and facilitate changes in behavior, rewiring thoughts, understanding emotions, and developing body awareness 

• Expressive Therapy: visual art, writing, movement, drama therapy

• Mind-Body practice: meditation and relaxation exercises for self-care

Together, we will work through your mental and emotional challenges in your life to heal your mind, body, and spirit. Whether you are seeking mental health counseling in general and/or coaching while sorting your physical environment, I am here to help you achieve your goals!

How my passion developed:

I was drawn to pursue this career, because I have witnessed and experienced creativity as a powerful agent in healing and mental wellness. After I finished my B.A. in English at Barnard College, I was eager to deepen my artistic creativity within a community setting. 

In searching for a new creative outlet, I found improvisational theater as a powerful channel to connect with others through spontaneity and playfulness. This experience inspired me to help others discover their creativity and self-growth.

Toward this goal, I pursued my graduate degree at Lesley University, where I received a Master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling and expressive arts therapy in 2012. 

My clinical focus:

I enjoy working with adults across the lifespan, including older adults, both in my private practice as well as in organizational settings. I established my private practice in 2016, based in Cambridge, MA, where I offer individual psychotherapy as well as group facilitation for adults and older adults.

Prior to beginning my private practice, I worked as the Senior Services Coordinator at the New England Center and Home for Veterans, where I provided case management, wellness programming, and housing support to unhoused veterans, with a focus on older adults and veterans with disabilities. 

Outside of my professional work, I cultivate personal time, where I enjoy creating art, writing, and dancing. 

I am looking forward to connecting with you!