Yvette Medina, LCPC

Yvette Medina is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois who brings a bicultural perspective, a down-to-earth sense of humor, and more than 18 years of experience in the mental health field. She recognizes that starting therapy can feel vulnerable, especially when opening up to someone new, and she aims to make the first conversations feel welcoming and human so the work can become collaborative rather than intimidating. Her style emphasizes meeting clients where they are, offering steady support, and helping people reconnect with their inner strength while noticing and celebrating progress along the way - both big milestones and small, meaningful steps.

In her current role at a non-profit agency, she focuses on addiction treatment, anger management, homelessness, family reunification, and a wide range of mental health concerns. Her areas of experience include major depressive disorder, personality disorders, bipolar disorders, family and relationship conflict, life transitions, complex trauma and abuse, and prenatal and postpartum depression. She has also worked with anxiety, intellectual and developmental disabilities, pervasive developmental disorders, and immigration and acculturation stressors. Yvette is a proud advocate for individuals from the LGBTQ community.

As a Latinex and bicultural counselor, she may be able to relate to clients through shared cultural experiences and the realities of navigating identity, family expectations, and change. She draws from multiple approaches, including person-centered therapy, motivational interviewing, brief solution-focused counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, dialectical behavior therapy, and life coaching techniques, and she can also incorporate more classical counseling methods when helpful. She values self-care as part of sustainable wellbeing and regularly encourages clients to build it into their goals and daily routines.