About Yvonne
Yvonne Estrada meets people where they are and helps them take the next step. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with seven years of clinical experience.
Background and approach
Her approach aims to make difficult issues feel more manageable in everyday life. Yvonne works with concerns such as addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, and LGBT matters.
She also focuses on multicultural issues, work-related stress for first responders, infidelity, polyamory and other non-monogamous relationship questions, and self-harm. Conversations center on practical coping skills and clearer choices rather than only talking about problems.
In sessions she adapts the plan to each person. That means listening first, then offering tools that fit your situation and goals.
She uses approaches that include cognitive behavioral methods, mindfulness practices, psychodynamic ideas, and trauma-focused strategies to address what matters most to you. She aims for a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate tone.
Sessions are paced to match how quickly someone wants to move and what they feel ready to try. Yvonne encourages small steps and regular check-ins so progress can be seen over time.
Signing up can feel hard, and she recognizes that bravery it takes. The work is collaborative - she helps set goals, offers feedback, and adjusts the plan as you go.
How these approaches translate to online sessions
Yvonne draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-focused therapy to guide online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which can help with addictions, anger, and low self-esteem through concrete exercises and homework. Trauma-focused therapy looks at how past hurt affects current reactions and uses structured methods to build safety and reduce overwhelming symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit your needs. That choice is collaborative and can shift as progress is made or priorities change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for conversations that need visual connection, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suits quick check-ins or brief updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or busy family routines while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- First responder issues
- Infidelity
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English