About Yolanda
Yolanda Aguinaga is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 32 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, relationship struggles, and other life challenges. She speaks English and Spanish and accepts international clients.
Yolanda starts by listening to each person's story and helping them identify strengths they already have. She believes people are the experts on their own lives and offers support while they make changes.
How Yolanda works
Her manner is straightforward and encouraging, aimed at helping someone take practical steps forward. Her work covers many concerns, including sleep and eating problems, parenting stress, anger, low self-esteem, career issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She also addresses specific topics such as abandonment, attachment issues, blended family challenges, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, and coping with loss or major life changes. Yolanda uses a mix of approaches to match the person in front of her. These include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy.
She helps people try practical skills in session and apply them between meetings. Her goal is to empower people to build a more fulfilling life. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so sessions can fit into different schedules and needs.
Yolanda lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Yolanda works with
The areas below are the ones Yolanda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 32 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approach-based care offered online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and managing mood symptoms. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on understanding and reshaping emotional responses in relationships and can help with connection and communication concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked in the past. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan as needed so the approach fits the person's needs.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to meet. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging can help people touch base between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with YolandaWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What kinds of concerns can be addressed in sessions?
What is her general therapy style?
How much experience does she have?
What credentials and location apply?
Which languages are offered for sessions?
In what formats are sessions available?
How does payment and cost work?
What do I do to get started with therapy?
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.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions