Cynthia Yanez

Cynthia Yanez is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who helps people navigate career challenges and other life changes. Cynthia speaks English and Spanish and aims to build a collaborative, respectful space where people can make sense of old patterns and try new ways of living. The focus is on listening, clarifying goals, and finding steps that feel doable in daily life.

Cynthia often starts by helping people notice the assumptions that hold them back. She uses self-understanding and awareness as tools for change. Sessions tend to blend insight - learning how past experiences shape present choices - with practical steps to test new behaviors.

The approach is gentle but purposeful. Cynthia encourages people to name emotions and trace how those feelings affect decisions at work, in relationships, and with family. She also helps people process grief, trauma, and stress so those experiences stop blocking forward movement.

She draws on several therapy styles, including client-centered work, emotionally-focused methods, and narrative techniques that help reframe difficult stories. Solution-focused ideas are used when people want concrete strategies and faster problem-solving.

With ten years of experience and licensure in Florida and Indiana as an LCSW, Cynthia brings clinical background and practical problem-solving to sessions. People who want straightforward, compassionate support around career concerns, anxiety, trauma, parenting stress, or identity questions may find this approach useful.

How Cynthia’s approaches translate to online work

Cynthia uses client-centered therapy to focus sessions on each person’s priorities. This approach means the therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, which can help with career decisions, relationship issues, and questions of identity.

She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) methods to help people identify and work through strong feelings that affect close relationships. EFT techniques can be useful for repairing connection and understanding patterns that cause repeated conflict or withdrawal.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Cynthia will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and preferred ways of working to decide which methods to use. That choice is collaborative and can change as needs shift over time.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking. Many people find online therapy helpful for fitting sessions into busy schedules, reducing travel time, and keeping regular momentum with goals. It can also make it easier to have shorter check-ins or to schedule meetings around work and caregiving demands.