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Online therapist

Yvette Medina

Compassionate counselor for family and parenting concerns

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Credentials
LCPC
Experience
18 years
Licensed in
Illinois
Languages
English, Spanish, American Sign Language
Format
Online sessions

About Yvette

Yvette Medina is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 18 years of experience based in Illinois. She brings a bicultural perspective and a warm manner to sessions. She aims to make the first meeting simple and straightforward so parents and caregivers can feel more at ease quickly.

Yvette works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, grief, depression, and a wide range of relationship and family concerns. She also helps clients managing parenting challenges, intimacy-related issues, career questions, and life transitions.

Background and approach

She is an advocate for LGBT individuals and has experience with issues related to immigration and acculturation. Her background includes work in nonprofit settings focused on addiction treatment, anger management, homelessness, family reunification, and general mental health. She has treated mood and personality disorders, bipolar condition, prenatal and postpartum depression, and complex trauma.

She also has experience supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Yvette adapts her style to the person she meets. She draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and dialectical behavior strategies.

She focuses on practical steps, coping skills, and routines that fit daily life for busy families. Outside of work she enjoys reading, travel, knitting, baking, photography, painting, and novelas. She encourages regular self-care as part of therapy and celebrates progress, both small and large, alongside the people she sees.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while focusing on what matters most. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions by clarifying values and small actions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early experiences shape trust and safety; it can help with relationship and family concerns.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit the situation. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what does not, keeping the client's needs central.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules. These options let parents and caregivers connect from home or work and follow up between sessions using messages when needed. The variety of formats supports flexibility and helps people keep steady progress while balancing daily responsibilities.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems can Yvette help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, anger, self esteem, career changes, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue among other areas.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses a warm, practical style and adapts methods to each person. Expect a focus on coping skills, routines, and steps you can use at home.
How long has she practiced?
Yvette has 18 years of experience in the mental health field, including work in nonprofit programs addressing addiction treatment and family reunification.
Where is she licensed and how is that listed?
She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential listed as IL LCPC 180.013630 and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

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Experience
18 years
Licensed
Illinois
Languages
English, Spanish, American Sign Language

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