Yvette Medina, LCPC

Yvette Medina is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with more than 18 years in the mental health field. She brings a bicultural perspective and a warm, down-to-earth manner to sessions. Yvette uses humor and plain talk to help people begin. She encourages small steps and celebrates progress, however modest.

Yvette has long experience supporting people working through depression, bipolar conditions, complex trauma and abuse, and personality concerns. She has also worked in addiction treatment, anger management, homelessness services, and family reunification programs. Her background includes helping people cope with anxiety, life transitions, grief, and parenting stress.

Her clinical style blends practical tools and listening. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based practices, dialectical behavior strategies, and a client-centered way of relating. Sessions aim to identify simple habits and thinking patterns that get in the way, then develop manageable alternatives.

Yvette speaks English, Spanish, and American Sign Language, and she notes her bicultural identity as part of how she connects with clients. She emphasizes working at each person’s pace and tailoring goals to everyday life. Self-care is built into the plan and reinforced between meetings.

Outside of work she enjoys reading, travel, knitting, baking, photography, painting, and watching novelas. She encourages people to bring what matters to them into sessions, and she will help translate those concerns into clear steps forward.

Approaches that translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that reflect personal values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and navigating major life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors through small experiments and homework between sessions. It often helps with anxiety, mood, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and how early connections shape current responses, which can aid work on intimacy, communication, and family conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences. Together they decide which methods to try and adapt those methods as progress is made.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as specific online options are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow a quicker check-in when life gets hectic. They also let people use tools like screen-shared worksheets, guided breathing, and real-time practice of skills during the appointment. Ask about language needs and scheduling when you set up the first meeting.