About Cynthia
Cynthia Yanez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people manage overwhelming stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and ADHD-related challenges. They approach sessions as a teammate, listening first and helping clients untangle old patterns that get in the way of everyday life. Cynthia keeps language plain and practical so parents and busy adults can follow along easily.
Clients can expect a mix of reflection and goal-oriented work.
Background and approach
Cynthia uses self-understanding and awareness to point out habits that cause pain, then helps people try small changes that fit their life. Sessions often move between talking through feelings and planning concrete steps to reduce stress or improve routines. With ten years of experience, Cynthia draws on approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to deepen emotional insight.
They also use Narrative Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques to reframe personal stories and set short-term goals. This blend supports people coping with trauma, relationship conflicts, caregiving stress, and workplace pressure. Therapy is offered in English and Spanish and is available to people located in Florida.
Cynthia is a non-binary clinician and aims to create an open, respectful space for diverse identities and sexual orientations. Practical help is available for parenting concerns, intimacy-related issues, and career or life transitions. Sessions can include talking about adoption and foster care challenges, immigration-related stress, and complex family of origin issues.
Cynthia also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue, first responder stress, fertility struggles, and topics related to kink and alternative sexual cultures.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on being heard and understood. In practice this means sessions start with open listening and reflection so a person can name emotions and priorities. This approach helps with anxiety, relationship concerns, and self-esteem issues.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and shift patterns in close relationships. Sessions look at repetitive interactions and the feelings behind them, which can reduce conflict and increase emotional connection. This method is useful for people dealing with intimacy-related issues or attachment wounds.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cynthia will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying different strategies and adjusting the focus over time so progress fits the client's life.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client read nonverbal cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day, and live chat or text messaging are useful for quick check-ins or when writing helps organize thoughts. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, parenting, or caregiving schedules while still focusing on meaningful change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Indiana
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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