Psychotherapist | Certified Group Psychotherapist

Yvonne Champion

LCSW,CGP


Yvonne Champion is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Group Psychotherapist with over 30 years of experience helping individuals and couples create more meaningful, connected lives and relationships.

She provides thoughtful, insight-oriented therapy for adults who are seeking greater intimacy, stronger communication, and more vitality—both within themselves and in their relationships. Yvonne works with clients who want to:

  • Reignite passion and desire

  • Improve emotional and sexual intimacy

  • Communicate more effectively

  • Recover and rebuild trust after infidelity

  • Navigate polyamorous or open relationships

  • Move through conscious separation or divorce

  • Explore healing through Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP)

Yvonne also offers consultation and supervision for clinicians, with a focus on helping therapists grow more confident and effective in their work with couples.

Whether you're seeking support as an individual, a couple, or a professional peer, Yvonne brings warmth, depth, and decades of expertise to the therapy space.

Organizational & Crisis Consulting

In addition to her psychotherapy practice, Yvonne Champion provides specialized consulting and support for organizations navigating high-stress and emotionally demanding environments. Her work includes:

  • Legal mediation and conflict resolution

  • Critical care stress debriefing for a range of workplaces, including the oil and gas industry, as well as medical and emergency response teams

  • Trauma-informed workplace consulting

  • Burnout prevention and staff support

  • Team communication and leadership development

Over the years in clinical practice, Yvonne has partnered with institutions such as University of Texas-MD Anderson Cancer Center, HIV/AIDS organizations, and Fortune 500 companies, as well as supporting frontline workers and healthcare providers facing acute or chronic workplace stress. Her integrative approach blends psychological insight with practical strategies for resilience, communication, and team cohesion. If your organization is facing conflict, burnout, or the impact of collective stress or trauma, Yvonne offers both short-term interventions and ongoing consultation to help teams stabilize and thrive.

Her approach combines clinical expertise with practical strategies to help teams recover, reconnect, and move forward with greater resilience.


Education:

University of Houston, Master’s degree, Social Work, 1997
The University of Texas-Pan American, Bachelor’s degree, Social Work, 1993


Licensing:

Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Texas

Licensed Clinical Social Worker-Supervisor, Texas


Affiliations and Certifications:

Certified Group Psychotherapist
Houston Group Psychotherapy Society
American Group Psychotherapy Society

Houston Psychoanalytic Society - President 2025-2026
Imago Houston - Past-President