Yvette Medina, LCPC
Illinois · 18 years in practice
Yvette Medina is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 18 years in mental health.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180.013630 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1205110780 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 18
- Languages
- English, Spanish, American Sign Language
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Yvette
Yvette Medina is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 18 years in mental health. She brings a warm, down-to-earth presence and a sense of humor to sessions. Yvette aims to help people take practical steps toward feeling steadier and more capable.
She welcomes clients who are nervous about starting therapy and works to make the first meetings feel comfortable and ordinary. Yvette draws on a range of approaches to match what a person needs.
Background and approach
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and name their feelings. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies and acceptance-based ideas to shift unhelpful patterns and build new coping skills. Her experience includes working in addiction treatment, anger management, homelessness services, family reunification, and general mental health care.
She has supported people with depression, bipolar disorder, personality concerns, trauma and abuse, anxiety, and prenatal or postpartum depression. She also has experience with immigration and acculturation issues and intellectual or developmental disabilities. As a bicultural Latinx clinician, Yvette often connects through shared cultural perspectives and speaks English, Spanish, and American Sign Language.
She emphasizes meeting people where they are and partnering with them to find realistic next steps. Sessions can include problem-solving, skill practice, and celebrating small wins. Outside of work she reads, travels, knits, bakes, paints, and watches novelas.
She encourages regular self-care as part of therapy and helps clients set attainable goals that fit their daily lives.
Focus 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
Approaches Yvette names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Yvette blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Attachment-Based ideas to guide online work. EFT helps people identify and name core emotions so they can change how those feelings shape relationships. ACT focuses on values and small committed actions to move forward even when difficult thoughts and feelings appear. Attachment-based approaches look at how early relationship patterns affect current trust and closeness, and then build new ways of relating and responding.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Yvette will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process includes checking in about what helps and adjusting approaches over time so sessions feel useful and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone work can be a lighter check-in with less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter updates, practicing skills between sessions, and keeping momentum. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while still working on emotional awareness and practical skills.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Yvette works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, LGBT concerns, relationship and family issues, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on areas like abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, and coping after disasters.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is warm and practical. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy, cognitive behavioral tools, acceptance-based techniques, and client-centered methods to help people name feelings, change unhelpful thoughts, and build skills.
What background does she bring to sessions?
Yvette has 18 years of experience in the mental health field and has worked in addiction treatment, anger management, homelessness services, family reunification, and general mental health care.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, practicing in Illinois.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are accepted and can work with her through the available online session formats.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing for different ways to check in and work between meetings.
How do costs and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.
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