- stress and anxiety
- grief and loss
- CBT and DBT skills
About Yesenia
Yesenia Vazquez is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with eight years of experience. She speaks English and Spanish and works with adults on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns and issues that touch family and parenting life.
Her style is straightforward and person-focused. She listens first, then helps people name what feels most urgent. Sessions often involve talking through feelings and practical steps to manage day-to-day pressure. She aims to make conversations direct and understandable rather than full of jargon.
Yesenia uses a mix of approaches depending on what each person needs. She draws on Client-Centered methods to keep the conversation focused on the person's experience. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills appear when emotion regulation or distress tolerance are priorities.
She has worked with concerns that include trauma and abuse, anger, codependency, attachment and abandonment issues, and challenges tied to life transitions like divorce or caregiving. She also lists areas such as career stress, compassion fatigue, and some mood concerns like bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder as part of her range of practice.
People who come to her often want practical ways to feel steadier day to day. Yesenia helps clarify next steps, practices new coping skills in session, and follows up on how strategies are working between meetings.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Yesenia commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what a person says, which helps people feel understood and clarify what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors together, offering clear strategies to test beliefs and try different actions to reduce distress.Finding the right approach is collaborative. She discusses options with each person and adjusts methods based on their goals and what feels useful. That means some sessions may emphasize skills practice while others focus on talking through feelings and history.
The original biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, offer quicker check-ins when needed, and reduce time spent traveling. They can also allow shorter or more frequent meetings for skills practice, or audio-only sessions when bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and client-centered work to these formats to help people manage guilt, shame, anxiety, grief, and life changes.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include trauma and abuse, anger, codependency, attachment and abandonment issues.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses client-centered listening and practical therapy tools to name those feelings and reduce their hold. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques can help examine unhelpful thoughts that keep guilt or shame active.
What is her background and experience?
She is a New York LMHC with eight years of clinical practice. Her work has included supporting people through grief, life transitions, and mood or relationship concerns.
Where is her practice based and what credential does she hold?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York and conducts work in English and Spanish.
Can I work with her in Spanish?
Sessions are offered in both English and Spanish.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.