About Yelitza
Yelitza Chaves greets readers as a bilingual therapist who speaks English and Spanish and practices in Florida. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 13 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical, step-by-step help for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, sleep problems, and low self-esteem.
Her approach centers on listening first and building on strengths that clients already have. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. She uses tools that help people manage day-to-day triggers, improve relationships, and regain motivation.
Background and approach
Chaves has worked across community settings, schools, crisis stabilization units, outpatient services, and corporate wellbeing programs. That variety informs how she adapts techniques to fit different lifestyles and schedules. She aims to translate clinical ideas into plain language that makes sense on a hectic day.
In the room she blends Client-Centered listening with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused strategies. That mix helps people notice patterns, test small changes, and measure progress. She also draws on Motivational Interviewing and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when those fit a person’s goals.
Her practice pays attention to caregiving stress, family of origin problems, attachment and abandonment concerns, midlife and career transitions, and multicultural issues. People who want clear steps, practical coping skills, and a supportive guide through change may find her style useful.
Approaches that fit into busy lives
Yelitza often uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when working with people online. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel heard and can use their own strengths to guide change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replaces them with practical steps to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or manage mood.Finding the right approach is a shared process. She will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that match those needs. If something is not helping, she adjusts the plan so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can fit into a lunch break or be useful when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to have brief check-ins, review coping tools, or get support between longer sessions. These formats are designed to make scheduling easier and to bring therapy into everyday routines rather than requiring travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish