Yvette Medina is a bicultural Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with 18 years in the mental health field.
01About Yvette
Yvette Medina is a bicultural Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with 18 years in the mental health field. She brings warmth and humor to sessions and aims to make the first meetings feel comfortable. Yvette encourages people who are nervous about starting therapy and applauds the step of reaching out.
She focuses on building a supportive working relationship and helping people notice their strengths. Yvette has a long background in community-focused settings, including addiction treatment, anger management, homelessness services, family reunification, and general mental health care.
Background and approach
She has worked with people facing depression, bipolar conditions, personality disorders, and complex trauma and abuse. Yvette also has experience with anxiety, developmental disabilities, and immigration and acculturation concerns. Her style blends practical approaches.
She uses client-centered listening alongside cognitive behavioral strategies and dialectical behavior techniques. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas and attachment-based principles to fit what each person needs. Sessions emphasize clear tools and small steps that can be practiced between meetings.
Yvette supports people from the LGBTQ community and brings bicultural perspective to counseling. She works in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language to improve connection for diverse clients. Outside of work she enjoys reading, traveling, knitting, baking, photography, painting, and novelas.
She encourages regular self-care and partners with clients to set realistic goals. Yvette aims to celebrate progress, both big and small, while helping people build lasting coping skills.
02Credentials
- LCPC (Illinois)
- License 180.013630 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1205110780 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Yvette lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Yvette names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
These are the methods Yvette names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approach-driven care that fits your life
Yvette uses a few evidence-informed approaches to help people make practical changes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking meaningful action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. It can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks closely at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches skills to shift unhelpful habits; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping strategies. Attachment-Based Therapy concentrates on how past relationships affect current connections and helps people build more supported ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Yvette will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed so the approach fits the person's life and needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Clients can choose video calls for a fuller face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or movement is limited, live chat for shorter check-ins, or text-based messaging for ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or caregiving schedules and to keep momentum between sessions.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Yvette commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family challenges, parenting strain, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue, among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is warm and practical. She listens from a client-centered stance and mixes in CBT and DBT techniques when useful.
What background and experience does she bring?
Yvette has 18 years in mental health, including work in addiction treatment, anger management, homelessness services, and family reunification programs.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds the LCPC credential and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language.
What session formats are available?
Yvette offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.
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