- Years in practice
- 13
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Yelitza
Yelitza Chaves is a bilingual licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and parenting worries. She works in English and Spanish and brings a calm, practical style to sessions. She aims to meet people where they are and build on their strengths so small changes add up over time.
With 13 years of experience in Florida, she has worked across independent practice, community programs, crisis stabilization units, schools, outpatient services, and corporate wellbeing.
Background and approach
That range means she has supported people through short-term problems and longer transitions. Sessions focus on clear goals and steps that feel doable between meetings. Her approach mixes client-centered listening with evidence-based tools.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused techniques are common parts of her work. She uses these methods to help people reframe unhelpful thoughts, find motivation, and build practical routines. Parents often come for help with sleep, discipline, confidence, or managing stress around caregiving.
She encourages realistic plans and small experiments that can improve family life and lessen daily tensions. Conversation is straightforward and nonjudgmental, with an emphasis on what the person wants to try next. Yelitza emphasizes collaboration and respect for cultural background.
She helps clients connect their values to their goals and navigate life changes like divorce, career shifts, or caregiving strain. The focus stays on concrete tools, steady support, and measurable progress.
What Yelitza works with
Everything Yelitza lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Yelitza helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Yelitza lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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 evidence-based methods translate to online care
Yelitza uses client-centered work and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide online sessions. Client-centered therapy means she listens closely, reflects what matters to the person, and helps set goals based on those priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behavior to reduce anxiety or low mood.She also draws on motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment to change and solution-focused techniques to build quick, practical steps. These approaches are chosen together with the client so the plan fits their goals, routines, and comfort. She emphasizes collaboration - the client’s preferences shape which methods are tried and adjusted over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full-session conversations and for tracking progress visually. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in when bandwidth or time is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for brief coaching, quick problem-solving, or when a client prefers typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and to keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Yelitza
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting issues, self-esteem, depression, and related challenges such as ADHD, compassion fatigue, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She blends client-centered listening with concrete tools from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused approaches.
What is her professional background?
She has 13 years of experience across independent practice, community programs, crisis stabilization units, schools, outpatient services, and corporate wellbeing.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish. International clients are not accepted at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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