Yulia Nesterenko

Yulia Nesterenko is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 12 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and big life changes. Yulia aims to find practical solutions that fit each person’s situation and goals.

She has spent the last four years providing counseling in online settings and often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. When someone brings a clear, specific problem, she applies a solution-focused approach to generate concrete options and next steps. For clients feeling stuck, unmotivated, or questioning life’s meaning, she may introduce existential work to explore purpose and values.

Sessions are described as collaborative, direct, and compassionate. Yulia works to create a gentle space where clients can talk through current struggles and long-standing challenges. She aims to help people make changes that feel achievable in daily life.

Her clinical focus includes mood disorders, addiction concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, parenting challenges, ADHD, and career or identity questions. Additional areas of attention include attachment and communication problems, immigration-related stress, loneliness, and multicultural concerns.

Yulia offers audio phone sessions as part of her practice. If scheduled times do not match a client’s needs, she suggests messaging to explore alternative appointment options.

How her approaches guide online work

Yulia often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice patterns between thoughts, feelings, and actions. That makes it easier to try small, practical changes that can reduce anxiety or low mood. She also uses a client-centered stance to keep the conversation focused on each person’s priorities and pace, offering support and reflection rather than pushing a single solution.

When deeper questions about meaning or motivation appear, she may introduce existential ideas to help people clarify values and life purpose. That work is intended to open new options for living, not to provide quick fixes. Choosing the right approach is treated as a team effort: she discusses options, listens to what matters most, and adjusts methods based on the client’s goals and feedback.

Regarding online work, confirm available session options before booking since formats are set by the therapist. Yulia currently offers audio phone sessions, which can be useful when someone prefers to speak without video, needs a lower-bandwidth option, or wants a shorter check-in during a break. Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to continue progress when in-person visits are impractical. The therapist will help match session style and frequency to what fits the client’s life.