Yelitza Chaves

Yelitza Chaves is a bilingual licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, and life transitions. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on 13 years of practice across community settings, schools, crisis units, outpatient care, and corporate wellbeing. She emphasizes practical steps that fit each person's daily life and strengths.

Yelitza believes clients are experts on their own stories and builds on what already works for them. In sessions she focuses on clear goals, steady progress, and small shifts that add up. Her style is supportive and nonjudgmental while staying focused on solutions and skills.

Her approach blends client-centered techniques with cognitive behavioral tools and motivational strategies. She also uses solution-focused ideas and elements of dialectical behavior therapy to help with emotion regulation, thinking patterns, and everyday problem solving. Sessions mix talking through concerns, practicing coping skills, and planning next steps.

Across her career she has worked in both private and public settings, including crisis stabilization units and school environments. That range informs how she adapts strategies to different life situations, from parenting stress to workplace burnout and grief recovery.

Yelitza supports people aiming for clearer direction, better sleep, improved confidence, or relief from overwhelming feelings. She encourages practical experiments between sessions and checks progress together so goals stay realistic and meaningful.

How her approaches shape online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. It helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to explore what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with overwhelm and relationship stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and they adjust the plan as progress is tracked.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find remote sessions helpful for maintaining steady momentum between appointments and practicing skills in real time.