Yolanda Fajardo-Vela, LPC, LPCC

Yolanda Fajardo-Vela is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She brings a steady, encouraging presence to sessions and invites clients to discover their own strengths. Yolanda uses practical conversation and goal-setting to help people cope with hard moments and make steady changes.

With 15 years of experience she has supported people dealing with depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and career strain. She also helps with relationship concerns, grief, parenting stress, anger, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include attachment concerns, abandonment, guilt and shame, forgiveness, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, and women’s issues.

In sessions she centers the client's perspective and works collaboratively to set realistic goals. She often helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and develop new coping skills they can use between sessions. Mindfulness practices and skills from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches are used to manage intense emotions and reduce anxiety.

Yolanda holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential and the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor credential, listed as LPC and LPCC. She practices in Texas and conducts work in English. Her approach is straightforward and warm, focused on practical steps and strengths.

To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability. Sessions are organized so people can fit therapy into their busy lives and work toward small, meaningful changes over time.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Yolanda uses client-centered work to focus on the person's priorities and strengths. This approach means sessions start with what matters most to the client and build plans around those goals. It helps people feel heard and find practical next steps for change.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thought patterns and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety and depressive thinking. CBT techniques can help with everyday stress, social anxiety, and mood shifts by breaking down problems into manageable parts.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That choice can change as progress is made and new challenges appear.

The biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find remote sessions help maintain consistent momentum between appointments while they practice skills in daily routines.