About Yolanda
Yolanda Fajardo-Vela uses a client-centered approach to help people feel heard and understood. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and brings 15 years of experience to sessions. Her style is direct but warm, aimed at helping people make steady changes.
She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also helps with relationship concerns, parenting strain, career stress, anger, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Additional areas include abandonment, attachment issues, forgiveness, and guilt and shame. In sessions she helps clients notice habits that get in the way and tests realistic ways to change them. She uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside mindfulness and a client-centered stance.
That means the work blends practical skill-building with attention to what the person values most. Yolanda encourages setting small, achievable goals and tracking progress over time. She guides people as they uncover strengths, shift unhelpful thoughts, and build new coping skills.
The focus is on clear steps people can use between sessions. Her practice is based in Texas and she offers counseling in English. People who are ready to begin complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions that fit their needs.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's experience first. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps each person set their own goals. This approach helps with stress, relationship concerns, grief, and emotional processing.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts and behaviors interact. It uses clear exercises and homework to test new ways of thinking and acting, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and social fears. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, helping people manage strong feelings and improve coping.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan as progress is made. People are encouraged to share what works and what doesn't so the approach fits their needs and preferences.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or supplementing regular sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy day and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas, New Mexico
- Languages
- English