Dr. Yamonte Cooper is the Clinical Director of the West Coast Sex Therapy Center, Professor of Counseling, Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), National Certified Counselor (NCC), AASECT Certified Sex Therapist Supervisor & Therapist (CST-S), ICEEFT Certified Emotionally Focused Supervisor & Therapist (EFT), and Certified Gottman Therapist.

He specializes in working with couples, trauma, sexual dysfunctions, gender & sexual identity, depression & anxiety, bipolar disorder, personality issues, grief, and other mental health problems. He is the author of the forthcoming book Racial Trauma and African-American Men (Routledge) and co-editor of the forthcoming book Black Couples Therapy: Clinical Theory and Practice (Cambridge University Press). Further, as a Fulbright scholar, Dr. Cooper exchanged best practices in career counseling and development in Germany and has exchanged best practices with higher education institutions in Botswana.