How Yolanda works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC, LPCC
- Licensed in
- Texas, New Mexico
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Yolanda
Yolanda Fajardo-Vela is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting strain, and anger. She uses straightforward, compassionate guidance to help people uncover strengths and set achievable goals. Her work aims to make change feel manageable rather than overwhelming.
With 15 years of experience, she draws on a mix of client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior tools, and mindfulness practices. Sessions usually involve talking through current struggles, identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and trying small, doable steps to feel better.
Background and approach
She encourages realistic progress over quick fixes. Yolanda emphasizes emotional safety and steady pacing. She helps people name painful feelings such as guilt, shame, grief, and abandonment concerns, and then works with them on practical coping skills.
Her approach includes attention to relationships and career stress when these areas affect day-to-day well-being. People who work with her can expect a collaborative tone. She listens first, then helps shape goals and strategies together.
That might look like practicing new ways to respond to anger, building skills for stress, or learning mindfulness techniques to reduce reactivity. Her practice is based in Texas and she holds LPC and LPCC credentials. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through a range of online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
What Yolanda works with
Everything Yolanda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Yolanda's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Yolanda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. It helps people feel heard and then supports them in finding their own answers and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, useful for anxiety, depression, and anger.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your concerns and collaborate with you to decide which methods fit your needs, goals, and preferences. Together you can try techniques and adjust the plan as you learn what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls let you work in real time with visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is quick for check-ins, and text messaging supports short, ongoing feedback between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Yolanda
What concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, grief, parenting strain, relationship stress, career issues, and compassion fatigue, plus related areas like attachment and guilt.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, mixing practical skill-building with mindfulness and talk to make change feel manageable.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience working in mental health and uses that background to guide treatment choices and pacing.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices from Texas with licensure tied to that region.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.