Therapist profile
Yelitza Chaves, LMHC
Florida LMHC - Parenting and Family concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- CBT and motivational work
About Yelitza
Yelitza Chaves is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 13 years of experience. She works with adults who are handling stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strain, self-esteem concerns, life changes, relationship and family matters, sleep problems, career worries, depression, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. She speaks English and Spanish.
She has worked across private and community settings, crisis stabilization units, schools, outpatient services, and corporate wellbeing programs. That background shapes a practical approach. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and on building everyday skills that make life more manageable.
Her style centers on the client’s perspective. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen and reflect, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns that keep problems going, and Motivational Interviewing to help people find reasons to make changes. Solution-Focused techniques support quick, goal-oriented steps when that fits.
In sessions she helps people sort through parenting challenges, family of origin issues, caregiver stress, and relationship communication problems. She also addresses abandonment, attachment questions, midlife transitions, and financial stress when these affect mood or day-to-day functioning.
Her work aims to build practical tools such as coping strategies for anxiety, skills for better sleep routines, and clearer steps toward career or life changes. She encourages collaboration so the work fits each person’s daily life and cultural background.
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How therapy approaches fit into online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person. It helps people clarify their priorities and feel heard while deciding next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and parenting stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, useful when feelings or relationships feel overwhelming.Choosing the right approach is often part of the first few sessions. The therapist will work together with the client to identify goals, try methods that suit those goals, and adjust as needed. That collaborative process helps narrow which techniques are most useful for day-to-day changes.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make regular check-ins easier to fit into a busy week, permit shorter or focused sessions when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy is easier to attend. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, Client-Centered listening, and DBT skills to an online setting to practice coping tools between meetings and track progress toward concrete goals.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
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What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strain, self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and related family and relationship issues.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach centers on the client and uses practical methods. She integrates Client-Centered work with CBT, DBT elements, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused techniques.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience across private practice, community programs, crisis stabilization units, schools, outpatient services, and corporate wellbeing.
What are her credential and location details?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices in Florida.
Can appointments be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to start working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.