Yvette Medina, LCPC
Licensed in Illinois · 18 years in practice
Yvette Medina is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 18 years in the mental health field.
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
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About Yvette
Yvette Medina is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 18 years in the mental health field. She brings a warm, straightforward style and a light sense of humor to sessions. Yvette welcomes people who are nervous about starting therapy and helps them settle into the process at their own pace.
Her background includes work in addiction treatment, anger management, homelessness services, family reunification, and general mental health care.
Background and approach
She has experience with depression, bipolar disorder, personality concerns, complex trauma and abuse, prenatal and postpartum depression, and anxiety. She has also supported people with intellectual or developmental disabilities and immigration or acculturation stress. Yvette describes herself as bicultural and frames that experience as a way to connect with clients from similar backgrounds.
She speaks English, Spanish, and American Sign Language. She also identifies as an advocate for people in the LGBT community and attends to cultural context in her work. Her approach mixes practical skills and person-centered listening.
She uses methods such as cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment strategies, dialectical tools, attachment-informed work, and client-centered techniques. Sessions focus on real-life steps, coping tools, and building strengths that fit each person’s situation. Outside of work she reads, travels, knits, bakes, paints, and enjoys novelas.
She encourages regular self-care and weaves simple self-care goals into therapy so progress is steady and manageable.
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
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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
Approach-centered care delivered online
Yvette often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as part of her online work. ACT focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take actions that match those values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and major life changes. CBT offers practical steps to identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns of behavior, which is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping skills.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try methods and adjust the plan so the work matches the client's needs and pace.
Online therapy can fit into busy lives through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let visual connection for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit brief updates or ongoing support into a day. These options increase flexibility and help people keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting and intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, career worries, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She mixes practical skills with empathetic listening and uses short-term tools alongside deeper work. Sessions are oriented toward steps you can try between meetings.
How long has she practiced clinical work?
She has 18 years of experience working in the mental health field, including roles in addiction treatment and homelessness services.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, licensed in Illinois and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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