- CBT and DBT influenced
- Works in English and Spanish
- Focus on daily skills
About Yaritza
Yaritza Pineiro is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who offers warm, straightforward support in both English and Spanish. She helps people facing anxiety, panic, depression, addiction, and life transitions. Her style is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping someone feel steadier day to day.
She blends client-centered care with structured strategies drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. These approaches guide conversations and provide simple tools people can use between sessions. Yaritza also uses mindfulness practices to build awareness and reduce reactivity during stressful moments.
Her background includes seven years working in mental health and addiction settings with young adults and adults. That experience shaped a focus on mood disorders, substance use issues, trauma, and relationship or family stress. She listens for the specific patterns that keep problems going and helps people try different ways of responding.
In sessions she leans toward clear, short-term goals and exercises that fit into everyday life. For someone dealing with panic attacks, she works on recognizing early signs, grounding strategies, and practical coping steps. She can also support people managing grief, identity-related stress, or strained communication.
People can expect a collaborative tone where the therapist and client choose methods together. The aim is to make therapy feel usable - skills you can practice between meetings and bring back for review in future sessions.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and experiences, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help the person find what works. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, past experiences, and what feels most useful, then recommend and adjust methods together. That collaborative process helps match tools to problems like panic attacks, mood swings, or addiction cravings.
Session formats are not specified in the provided biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins between commitments, easier access when travel is difficult, or using audio-only when video is impractical. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT exercises for remote sessions, and mindfulness practices translate well to online meetings. Talk with the therapist about practical needs and scheduling to find an approach that fits everyday life.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, panic disorder and panic attacks, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship and family issues, self-esteem, and young adult challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style mixes client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Sessions emphasize clear, usable skills and collaborative problem solving.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working in mental health and addiction settings with young adults and adults.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, licensed in New York and practices from New York.
Which languages can sessions be held in?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.