Yvette Medina, LCPC

Yvette Medina is a bicultural Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with over 18 years in the mental health field. She brings warmth, a sense of humor, and a straightforward style to sessions. Yvette encourages people taking first steps toward care and aims to build a working relationship that feels steady and supportive from the start.

She focuses on a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, and relationship and family difficulties. Her background also includes work around bipolar disorder, personality disorders, prenatal and postpartum depression, and challenges tied to immigration and acculturation. Yvette is an advocate for LGBT individuals and draws on bicultural experience to relate to diverse life stories.

Her approach mixes practical techniques with a person-centered stance. Yvette uses methods such as cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior tools, mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and attachment-based ideas when helpful. She adapts sessions to a person’s needs and emphasizes small steps and self-care as part of goals.

She has experience in community and nonprofit settings focused on addiction treatment, anger management, homelessness, and family reunification. That background informs an understanding of real-life stresses and systems that influence wellbeing.

Outside of work she enjoys reading, traveling, knitting, baking, photography, painting, and novelas. Yvette encourages regular self-care and celebrates progress big and small as part of ongoing work together.

Online approaches that meet you where you are

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small actions toward those values. It helps with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by teaching people to notice thoughts and keep moving toward goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and uses concrete skills to change unhelpful cycles. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with stress. Attachment-Based Therapy attends to how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build different ways of relating and feeling safer in connections.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with you about your needs, goals, and preferences and will try different methods to see what fits. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so they address your immediate concerns and long-term aims.

Confirm the current online session options before booking, as formats are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering ways to meet that work around work or caregiving schedules. Therapists and licensed professionals can help you decide how to structure sessions for your day-to-day life.