Yvette Medina, LCPC

Yvette Medina is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 18 years in the mental health field. She brings a bicultural perspective and a warm, down-to-earth manner. Yvette greets clients with humor and encouragement and aims to help people find strength as they face hard moments.

She knows it can be hard to open up to a new person, so early sessions focus on simple introductions and building comfort. Yvette says she will celebrate small wins alongside clients and act as an advocate and supporter throughout the work.

Her background includes work in nonprofit settings focused on addiction treatment, anger management, homelessness, family reunification, and general mental health care. She has experience with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, complex trauma and abuse, and prenatal and postpartum depression.

Yvette also has experience helping people with anxiety, developmental and intellectual disabilities, acculturation and immigration concerns, and caregiving stress. She is an advocate for people from the LGBT community and draws on bicultural life experience in sessions when helpful.

Her approach blends several practical methods, including client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior tools, acceptance and commitment ideas, and attachment-informed perspectives. Yvette includes self-care and simple behavioral steps into goals so progress is concrete and trackable.

Outside of clinical work she enjoys reading, traveling, knitting, baking, photography, painting, and watching novelas. She invites prospective clients to start with a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session when ready.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online

Yvette uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try specific behavior experiments to test new ways of coping. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

She also draws from Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns and how changing those patterns can improve connections and emotional regulation. This approach can help with relationship and intimacy-related concerns and attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Yvette works with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. She adjusts what she uses over time so sessions feel useful and realistic for everyday life.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, manage shorter check-ins during a break, avoid travel time, or choose sessions that do not require being on camera. Ask about available session formats when you schedule so you can pick what fits your routine and needs.