About Yasenka Counseling & Coaching, LLC
KORTNEY YASENKA, LCMHC
Kortney Yasenka (she/her) is a NH licensed clinical mental health counselor and life coach who provides individual, family, and group therapy, as well as life coaching to student athletes at the high school and collegiate level. Kortney is the author of Swedish Lagom: Finding Joy in Just Enough, The Stoicism Book of Quotes, The Marcus Aurelius Book of Quotes, and contributing author of The Resilient Warrior.
She has over 20 years of experience in a variety of counseling settings, including, private practice, community mental health agencies, family resource centers, and public and private school settings. Kortney serves as a clinical supervisor to licensure candidates and treats a variety of mental disorders and life challenges and incorporates physical activity and ecotherapy into counseling and coaching sessions.
Kortney’s areas of expertise are mental health counseling, positive psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy, health psychology, sport’s life coaching, parenting coaching, teen group counseling, and veteran specific issues.
Her therapeutic and coaching approach is evidence based and results oriented. Kortney incorporates a combination of skill-based, cognitive behavioral therapy and positive psychology coaching techniques. She uses strength-based techniques that increase self-driven behavior allowing for the client to feel more in control.
Kortney graduated magna cum laude from Merrimack College with a bachelor of science in psychology and graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University earning a masters degree in counseling psychology with a concentration in health psychology.
DAVID YASENKA - Life Coach
David Yasenka, will provide guidance, support, and accountability to help you achieve your goals. Whether you’re feeling stuck in your career, struggling to find balance, or seeking personal growth, David offers a safe space to explore your goals and challenges. Through personalized strategies and actionable plans, David helps you clarify your vision, overcome obstacles, and build the confidence to take meaningful action. By working together, we will create a roadmap for success and transform your life into one that’s more aligned with your values and aspirations.
About David Yasenka:
David studied theology, politics, and social justice at The Lutheran House of Studies Washington D.C. Theological Consortium and holds a Master of Divinity from Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg PA and a Bachelor’s degree in sociology. He was the Pastor of Triumphant Cross Lutheran Church in Salem, NH before founding and serving as President and Executive Director of Isaiah 58 NH, a local non-profit that assists the unhoused and housing insecure population. David has over 40 years of counseling experience and specializes in relationship/family coaching, personal development and life transition coaching, and mindset and spiritual coaching.
Contact David at deyasenka@gmail.com
Sailboat Coaching
Navigate Life with Clarity and Confidence
Sailboat coaching is a life coaching approach inspired by the dynamics of sailing. The sailboat is used as a powerful metaphor to explore how you navigate your inner world, make decisions, and respond to life’s changing winds. Sailboat coaching helps you achieve your professional and personal goals by reflecting more creatively, thinking more critically, and acting more consistently.
Chart Your Journey. Set Your Sails. Catching Your Internal Breeze. Achieve Greater Peace.
Just as a sailor adjusts to the wind and weather, you too can learn to work with life’s challenges. Sailboat coaching is grounded in practical life coaching tools and grounded conversation. We look at where you are now, what’s getting in your way, and how to realign with what matters most. Whether you feel stuck, off course, or simply ready for a change, this approach provides clarity and movement.
What You’ll Gain
- A deeper understanding of your strengths, needs, and patterns
- Clarity on what’s truly driving you—and what’s holding you back
- Practical strategies for managing stress and making empowered decisions
- A renewed sense of direction and personal freedom
Sailboat coaching helps you reconnect with your internal guidance system so you can steer with greater confidence, purpose, and joy.
Stoicism Book Series
The Stoicism Book of Quotes is a collection of quotes based on teachings from great Stoic philosophers to help improve your overall well-being. Being stoic is not being void of emotions, but rather choosing how to respond. It’s making thoughtful decisions on your reaction and not allowing situations to control your responses.
Marcus Aurelius lived a life that exemplified the principles of Stoicism. By adopting this mindset, he gained profound control over his thoughts, feelings, and actions. The Marcus Aurelius Book of Quotes brings together over 150 of his most insightful sayings, musings and observations.
Services
INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING
Individual sessions include...
Intake assessment
Goal setting
Developing an action plan
Progress evaluations
The focus during sessions is on identifying stressors and developing skills and strategies that help you overcome obstacles and increase your ability to better manage and regulate your moods and emotions.
LIFE COACHING FOR THE STUDENT ATHLETE
This program focuses on evidence and brain- based strategies to help student athletes access their maximum potential. The program also offers Individual Coaching Sessions, Team Talks, and Consultation with Coaches.
Individual Coaching Sessions:
Individual coaching sessions are designed to meet the specific needs and goals of the student athlete.
Team Talks:
Life Coaching for the Student Athlete is also available as a team and group presentation. Group seminars offer skills and strategies to help strengthen the athlete’s mental game.
Consultation with Coaches:
One time or ongoing sessions are available to coaches to help identify best practices and learn methods to help guide and support the mental well- being of the student athlete.
JUST FOR GIRLS GROUP
Just For Girls is a group designed specifically for young girls, ages 8 through 12 that promotes self-confidence, enhances positive thinking, and strengthens social skills.
Sessions focus on teaching cognitive restructuring and brain-based techniques to increase positive thinking and mood regulation. Group members will also learn the importance and link between physical activity and a healthy life style with overall mental health and well- being.
Just For Girls is a 5 week program that meets weekly for a one hour session.
GIRL TALK: STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL STRESS
GIRL TALK: STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL STRESS
Girl Talk is a psychosocial group designed specifically for middle school aged girls that focus on coping with everyday social stressors. Girls will learn strategies to better regulate anxious symptoms while increasing self-confidence and developing a stronger sense of self.
Girl Talk is a 5 week program that meets weekly for a one hour session. Sessions focus on teaching cognitive restructuring and brain-based techniques to increase positive thinking and mood regulation.
PARENTING COACHING
GIRL TALK: STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL STRESS
PARENTING COACHING
Parenting Coaching includes...
Parenting Style Questionnaire
Identifying Challenging Behaviors
Learning Positive, Strength-Based Interventions
Goal Setting
Parenting Coaching allows parents of all aged children to learn how to better communicate, respond, and understand their children's behaviors.
Focus of Treatment
BRAIN-BASED STRATEGIES
Brain-based strategies are techniques that are based on scientific research regarding how the brain functions and grows socially, emotionally, and cognitively. These strategies are used in therapy to help better regulate your mood, emotions, and behaviors and to better understand the brain's role in mental health.
POSITIVE THINKING
Research shows that positive thinking can change the pathways in your brain to make you view situations differently that in turn change how you feel and behave. Positive thinking helps increase good chemicals in your brain that make you feel better. Counseling sessions focus on teaching positive thinking strategies and how to increase positive thinking in your daily life.
BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Yasenka Counseling & Coaching, LLC acknowledges the mental health benefits of exercise and encourages all clients to participate in physical activity. Physical activity is known to decrease depression and anxiety, increase self- esteem, and promote healthy sleep patterns. Physical activity is often incorporated into counseling sessions when appropriate and in the client's best interest.