- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas, Oregon
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Yazmin
Yazmin Cardena is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She uses clear, practical conversations to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Yazmin speaks English and Spanish and draws on six years of clinical experience.
Her work comes from a mix of approaches that focus on values, skills, and attachment patterns. She often combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with cognitive and skills-based tools to tackle unhelpful thoughts and build more workable habits.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what a person wants their life to look like and small steps to get there. Yazmin has worked in outpatient clinics, crisis intervention, structured outpatient programs, and independent practice. That background includes supporting people with depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, grief, chronic health issues, and substance use concerns.
She has experience running and joining group work as well as individual sessions. Common topics Yazmin supports include self-esteem, parenting strain, intimacy and relationship difficulties, eating and sleep struggles, anger, and career stress. She also addresses attachment wounds, codependency, communication problems, and feelings of isolation.
Her style aims to be straightforward and grounded, with practical exercises between sessions. People who choose Yazmin can expect a cooperative process. Goals are set together and revisited.
She encourages small, steady changes and offers tools people can try between meetings to measure progress.
What Yazmin works with
Everything Yazmin lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Yazmin helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Yazmin lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-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.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values. It focuses on accepting difficult feelings while committing to actions that support a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and sleep or eating issues. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how past relationship patterns shape current connections and helps people build healthier ways of relating, useful for intimacy, communication, and family dynamics.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and everyday demands, then suggest one or a mix of methods to try. That collaborative process means adjustments happen over time based on what works for the person.
Online therapy offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets you read nonverbal cues and do deeper conversations, phone can fit a low-bandwidth or hands-free check-in, and text or chat can be useful for brief coaching, check-ins, or practicing new skills between longer sessions. These formats make scheduling easier and can help people keep continuity of care across locations.
Questions people ask about Yazmin
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Yazmin works with stress, anxiety, addiction issues, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, trauma and grief, mood challenges, eating and sleeping problems, and related areas such as codependency and isolation.
What is her general therapy style?
She combines values-focused approaches with cognitive and skills-based techniques. Sessions emphasize clear goals, practical exercises, and building habits that match what the client wants from life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience across outpatient clinics, crisis intervention, structured outpatient programs, and independent practice.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and Oregon and practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she accepts international clients as well.
What session formats are available?
She meets with clients by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the client's needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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