Cynthia Yanez, LCSW

Cynthia Yanez, LCSW, practices therapy with a collaborative, insight-oriented focus that helps people navigate life’s obstacles. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Cynthia draws on training in clinical social work to guide clients toward greater self-understanding and awareness as a pathway to change. They emphasize working alongside clients to identify and begin to disentangle long-held assumptions and expectations that can limit growth and cause emotional pain.

Many people experience these struggles as isolating and confusing, and Cynthia believes there is healing in having another person present to explore and process those feelings. Their therapeutic stance centers on building understanding and awareness, while remaining flexible to incorporate behavioral techniques when appropriate. Although primarily insight-oriented, Cynthia integrates tools from cognitive behavioral approaches to provide practical strategies that support insight and real-world change. This blend aims to help clients move through stress, relationship challenges, grief, and other difficulties with clearer perspective and more effective coping.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the client’s own insights and values guide change. This approach helps people who want to deepen self-understanding and work through identity, relationship, or life-direction concerns.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) attends to emotions and attachment patterns within relationships. It is useful for couples and individuals who are trying to repair connection, address intimacy-related issues, or navigate grief and relational pain.

Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes practical steps and small, achievable goals to move forward. It can be helpful for clients seeking relief from stress, coping with life changes, or making concrete progress on specific problems.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the process and happens collaboratively. A therapist will work with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and may combine elements from different approaches to best support progress.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility and makes it easier to fit care into a busy life. These options allow clients to access licensed professionals from their own communities, maintain continuity of care, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable.