Yvette Medina, LCPC

Yvette Medina is a bicultural Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois who combines professional skill with a warm sense of humor and genuine encouragement. With 18 years of experience in the mental health field, she supports people through difficult transitions and complex challenges while recognizing the courage it takes to begin therapy.

She approaches each relationship by meeting clients where they are and offering steady advocacy and support. Early sessions focus on building rapport so that the work that follows feels collaborative rather than intimidating. Progress is celebrated at every step, and small wins are honored alongside larger milestones. Self-care is woven into the therapeutic goals, with regular reminders and practical strategies included as part of treatment.

Yvette currently works for a nonprofit agency where her practice centers on addiction treatment, anger management, homelessness, family reunification, and a range of mental health concerns. Her clinical specialties include major depressive disorder, personality disorders, bipolar disorder, family and relationship conflicts, life transitions, complex trauma and abuse, and prenatal and postpartum depression. She also brings experience supporting people with anxiety, intellectual and developmental disabilities, pervasive developmental disorders, and immigration and acculturation issues, and she is a proud advocate for individuals from the LGBTQ community.

As a Latinex/bicultural counselor, she draws on shared cultural experience when relevant and adapts from a variety of theoretical approaches including person-centered work, motivational interviewing, brief solution-focused counseling, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and dialectical behavior therapy. Outside of clinical work she enjoys reading, traveling, knitting, baking and sampling baked goods, photography, painting, and novelas. She looks forward to helping clients identify strengths and reach their potential.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Yvette integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered principles into her online practice. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being overwhelmed by them, and it focuses on clarifying personal values to guide meaningful action; it is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns formed in early relationships and how they influence current connections, which can be helpful for relationship difficulties, attachment issues, and family conflicts. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration so clients lead the pace and focus of sessions while the therapist provides nonjudgmental support and reflective listening.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Yvette works collaboratively with each client to determine which methods best fit the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts strategies over time as goals evolve and as progress becomes clearer.

Online therapy with Yvette is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving clients multiple ways to connect that fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options support consistent access to licensed professionals and make it easier to maintain therapy around work, caregiving, travel, or other commitments while preserving the therapeutic relationship and continuity of care.