- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Yanina
Yanina Lambert is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 20 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, and grief. She speaks English and Spanish and works with individuals facing mood concerns, trauma, addiction issues, and questions about intimacy and self-esteem. Yanina focuses on straightforward, practical support.
Sessions aim to identify what is causing strain and teach skills clients can use right away. She emphasizes listening first, and then helping people try new ways of communicating and coping.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on several well-known methods including cognitive behavioral techniques and attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered practices to help people notice what matters to them and act on those values.
Over two decades she has worked with a range of concerns from body image and eating issues to chronic illness, caregiver stress, and substance use. She helps parents manage child behavior and blended family tensions without making overwhelming changes all at once. Yanina offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text messaging, and she accepts international clients.
Her California LMFT credential is listed as LMFT. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step connect people to a session rhythm that fits their life.
What Yanina works with
Everything Yanina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Yanina helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Yanina lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapy approaches and online options
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and decisions about relationships and parenting.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can help with anxiety, mood, sleep, and addictive behaviors.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current ways of relating. It helps people notice recurring patterns and try new ways of connecting with partners or family members.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences, and may combine approaches as those needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people work face to face when schedules allow, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat is good for brief check-ins, and text messaging can support ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit care into school schedules, work breaks, or caregiving routines.
Questions people ask about Yanina
What kinds of concerns does Yanina address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, parenting concerns, and related struggles such as body image and sleep problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is listening first, then teaching practical skills. Sessions focus on small changes people can use right away and clearer communication in relationships.
What is her professional background?
Yanina has 20 years of clinical experience helping people with a wide range of emotional and relationship concerns, including work with diverse cultural backgrounds.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds a California LMFT credential and practices from California.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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