Yolanda Batres-Espinoza, LMFT

Therapist in California

Yolanda Batres-Espinoza is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California.

Licensed inCalifornia
License129677
NPI 1922585330
Experience5+ years
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish

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About Yolanda

Yolanda Batres-Espinoza is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. She trained at Fuller Theological Seminary and brings five years of clinical experience to her work. Yolanda speaks both English and Spanish and connects easily with people from diverse backgrounds.

She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Sessions focus on understanding what happened, and on clear steps to change difficult cycles.

Background and approach

She also draws on client-centered methods to keep conversations grounded in each person’s goals. Yolanda often integrates cognitive behavioral techniques to help manage anxiety and depression. She offers practical tools for stress, mood shifts, and coping with life changes.

Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are used when someone needs help building daily habits or finding motivation. Her experience includes supporting people facing trauma, grief, identity issues, and caregiver strain. She has worked in community mental health settings and with underserved populations.

That background informs a straightforward, respectful style in sessions. Yolanda aims to make therapy feel like a partnership. She listens for patterns, highlights strengths, and suggests small experiments clients can try between sessions.

Her approach is flexible and paced to match what each person can manage.

Credentials

LMFT (California): License 129677 · expires December 2027
NPI: 1922585330 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Yolanda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Relationship issues
Grief
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Communication problems
Control issues
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Domestic violence
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Yolanda names

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Online support

How attachment work and practical therapies translate online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and behavior. Online sessions use that lens to spot repeating patterns and to plan different ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and the client’s goals; it helps people feel heard and make choices that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers hands-on skills to reduce anxiety or shift mood.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That collaborative process helps identify what methods feel useful and what needs to be changed over time.

Online therapy with Yolanda is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversational work and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging support brief updates, homework prompts, and steady contact between full sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, and busy schedules while keeping treatment focused on practical change.

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Frequently asked

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and communication problems, grief, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style combines attachment-based work with client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions aim to identify patterns and try small practical changes.

What is her background and experience?

She has five years of clinical experience and began her career in community mental health settings serving diverse and underserved populations in East Los Angeles.

What credential and region does she hold?

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, CA LMFT, practicing in California.

Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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