Yashira Valdez
Compassionate CBT-informed care for everyday challenges
LCSW Florida
- Experience
- 7 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Self esteem, Stress, Anxiety, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy
- Languages
- English, Spanish
About Yashira
Yashira Valdez brings a cognitive behavioral orientation to her clinical work, pairing structured strategies with compassionate care to address common emotional struggles.
Background and approach
She centers treatment on practical skills that help clients reframe unhelpful thoughts, manage stress, and build coping tools for anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship concerns, grief, and depression. With seven years of professional experience, she adapts interventions to each person’s circumstances while maintaining a clear, goal-focused approach.
Valdez integrates mindfulness practices to support present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, and she uses motivational interviewing techniques to enhance readiness for change. Her practice also includes trauma-focused methods when past events are influencing current functioning.
Fluent in English and Spanish, she offers support to a diverse client base in Florida and structures care around each client’s preferences and needs. Prospective clients are invited to begin by completing a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability.
Online methods and therapeutic approaches
Yashira Valdez frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. She also incorporates Mindfulness Therapy to increase present-moment awareness and help clients develop skills for managing stress and emotional reactivity. These approaches are presented in clear, practical terms so clients can apply techniques between sessions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to explore their goals, preferences, and history, and then selects or blends methods that fit those needs. This flexible collaboration helps ensure that treatment strategies feel relevant and manageable for the client.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide scheduling flexibility and allow therapy to fit into busy lives. These formats make regular contact possible even when in-person meetings are difficult, and they enable continued progress through a mix of real-time and written interactions with a licensed professional.
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Experience
7+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish