About Yanitza
Yanitza Quiles is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, mood challenges, and relationship and intimacy concerns. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and brings 17 years of experience to conversations about career, self-esteem, ADHD, and life transitions.
Her manner is collaborative and respectful, with an emphasis on practical steps clients can use right away. Her style centers on listening first and then setting small, achievable goals.
How Yanitza works
She uses client-centered methods to follow each person’s priorities. Mindfulness and somatic techniques are woven into sessions to help with breath, body awareness, and managing intense feelings. Yanitza also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused tools to clarify values and identify concrete next steps.
Those methods can help when someone feels stuck or unsure how to move forward with work, relationships, or mood concerns. The focus tends to be on what’s useful in day-to-day life rather than long lectures about diagnosis. She has worked across many settings and brings an eye toward multicultural concerns and how prejudice or discrimination can affect wellbeing.
She supports people navigating caregiver stress, blended family issues, postpartum mood shifts, end-of-life and hospice-related strain, and aging-related questions. Outside work she is a parent and enjoys CrossFit and listening to audiobooks and podcasts. To begin, people follow the site’s matching steps to schedule a first appointment and see if her approach fits their needs.
Yanitza lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Yanitza works with
The areas below are the ones Yanitza selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches you can use online
The client-centered approach focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. It helps people clarify their own goals and feel understood before making changes.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and manage worry. It can be helpful for anxiety, stress, mood swings, and grief by grounding people in the present moment.
Motivational interviewing helps people resolve mixed feelings and find motivation for change. It is useful when someone wants to shift habits, address career or relationship decisions, or increase follow-through on wellness goals.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is working.
Online formats offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow for full conversation and visual connection; phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter updates, brief coaching between sessions, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it easier to maintain momentum while juggling work, family, and other responsibilities.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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