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Yazmin Cardena, LPC

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Family conflicts Self esteem, Motivation
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About me

My name is Yazmin Cardena and I am 47 years old. I live and work in Texas as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
I have experience across a variety of settings including outpatient specialty clinics, crisis intervention, structured outpatient programs,
and private practice. I have a broad range of clinical experience working with individuals and groups across the life span in the following areas;
•Depression and Bipolar Disorder
•Anxiety Disorders
•Behavioral and Discipline Challenges
•Self-Harm Behavior
•Complicated Grief Reactions
•Chronic Pain and Chronic Illness
•Anger and Stress Management
•Trauma and Abuse
•Family and Relationship Issues
•Suicide Assessment and Risk Reduction
•Group Psychotherapy
•Couple’s Conflict including civil divorce
•Self-image and Self-Esteem Issues including bariatric patients and healthy life style change.
Yazmin’s approach emphasizes the mutual development of goals for therapy.
Seeking therapy can be challenging at first, so congratulations for taking the first step. I truly believe in therapy and wish you can succeed your block roads in your recovery.

Professional experience

6yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Addictions Relationships Family conflicts Self esteem, Motivation

Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Attachment Issues, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication Problems, Control Issues, Dependent Personality, Divorce and Separation, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Family of Origin Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and Shame, Immigration Issues, Isolation / Loneliness, Jealousy, Military and Veterans Issues, Multicultural Concerns, Postpartum Depression, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Love, Sex Addiction, Women's Issues, Young Adult Issues

Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy

Services offered

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Languages

EnglishSpanish

License information

TX LPC 75821

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Yazmin Cardena. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

Yazmin is so nice. Makes me feel so comfortable. She is so good

Written on Mar 19, 2024 after therapy with Yazmin for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, and coping with life changes

Having Yazmin as my therapist has changed my perspective of my life drastically. She has made me realize my worth as a person. I will definitely keep her for a while to help me more in the future.

Written on Mar 14, 2024 after therapy with Yazmin for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

She truly is so emphatic and makes me very comfortable. She is the best first therapist I could have gotten. After the first session I felt a huge weight off my shoulders and in a short time I already see the progress in my life.

Written on Feb 01, 2024 after therapy with Yazmin for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, anger management, and adhd

Excelente!

Written on Mar 09, 2022 after therapy with Yazmin for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, and compassion fatigue

She's very knowledgeable of the issues I spoke of and she is supportive of my journey.

Written on Nov 05, 2021 after therapy with Yazmin for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, grief, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

Yazmin has a way of finding things to relate to the way I feel, connecting on a personal level that makes me feel safe and secure and offers a wide variety of ways to help in bettering my mental health based off of past trauma

Written on Oct 24, 2021 after therapy with Yazmin for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, and coping with life changes