Yolanda Fajardo-Vela , LPC, LPCC

Yolanda Fajardo-Vela is a licensed counselor practicing in Texas and New Mexico with 15 years of experience in the mental health field. She holds LPC and LPCC credentials - Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - and has focused experience helping people manage stress and anxiety, process trauma and abuse, rebuild self-esteem, and navigate depression and life transitions. Her work also addresses relationship concerns, grief, parenting challenges, anger, career questions, compassion fatigue, and related areas such as abandonment, attachment issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues.

Yolanda adopts a collaborative, strengths-based stance that helps clients locate their own answers while developing practical coping skills. She helps clients identify realistic goals, clarify values, and explore thoughts or patterns that no longer serve them. Drawing on client-centered work alongside cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior strategies and mindfulness practices, she supports both insight and actionable change.

Beginning therapy can feel like a courageous step, and Yolanda emphasizes steady pacing, empathy, and measurable goals so progress is meaningful. She encourages commitment to the process and partners with clients to cultivate the skills and perspective needed to move forward toward a healthier, more resilient life.