- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Yolanda
Yolanda Fajardo-Vela is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, with 15 years of clinical experience in Texas. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, and anger. Sessions focus on practical steps clients can use right away.
Yolanda uses straightforward, person-focused counseling. She listens for strengths and goals, then helps clients set realistic steps they can try between sessions. She works with common concerns like low self-esteem, motivation, and the fallout from trauma and abuse. Her approach prefers clear skills over jargon so people can notice change quickly.
She draws on Client-Centered methods to prioritize the client's perspective. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers tools for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Mindfulness practices are introduced to help ground attention and reduce reactivity.
Yolanda often helps people untangle issues around abandonment, attachment, guilt, shame, and forgiveness. She also addresses social anxiety, post-traumatic stress reactions, and concerns common to women navigating life changes. Sessions aim to break problems into manageable steps so progress feels achievable.
Her work emphasizes active participation from the person in therapy. Clients are encouraged to try techniques between meetings, reflect on what works, and adjust goals as needed. The focus remains on real-life problems - workplace frustration, simmering resentment, or trouble managing anger around people who matter.
How her approaches translate to online work
Yolanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns that feed anger and anxiety. CBT focuses on testing beliefs and trying small behavior changes to see what helps in day-to-day life. Dialectical Behavior Therapy supplies concrete skills for handling intense emotions and improving how people communicate when stress spikes. DBT skills include emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.Deciding which method fits best is part of the early sessions. She works collaboratively with clients to match techniques to their goals and situation. That means trying an approach, checking what helps, and shifting the plan when needed so work in therapy matches real-world problems like workplace frustration or family stress.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, remote work can make it easier to fit sessions into life - shorter check-ins can slot into a lunch break, or sessions can avoid the time cost of travel. Online sessions still allow active skills practice, homework, and in-session coaching on handling moments of anger. Ask about available formats when you choose your first appointment.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Texas, New Mexico
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she address?
She helps people who struggle with temper, building resentment, frustration at work, and coping with someone else’s anger.
Which therapy styles does she use?
Her practice uses Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness Therapy in practical ways.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience working in mental health settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in Texas with licensing noted as TX LPC and NM LPCC.
Can I work with her if I don't live in the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm the current options before booking.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.