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Yovani Hernandez

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Yovani Hernandez, LCSW, LISW-CP

North Carolina

North Carolina LCSW - Anger and relationships

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Key details

  • CredentialsLCSW, LISW-CP
  • LicenseLCSW, North Carolina / C011006; LISW-CP, South Carolina / 14722; LCSW, California / 108975
  • NPI1376968933
  • Experience10 years
  • LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
  • LocationNorth Carolina

About

  • CBT strategies
  • ACT practices
  • Attachment work

About Yovani

Yovani Hernandez is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina with LCSW and LISW-CP credentials and 10 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship strain, anger, sleep problems, ADHD, and life transitions. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

Yovani focuses on practical steps clients can use between meetings. She helps people build clearer communication, set boundaries, and reduce reactive moments. She describes therapy as a place to notice patterns and try different ways of responding to hard feelings.

Her background includes use of cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness-inflected approaches. She also draws on attachment-informed work to look at how past relationships influence current responses. Clients are offered straightforward skills for managing emotions and improving daily routines.

In sessions she combines problem-focused work with reflective conversation. That may mean tracking triggers, practicing new behaviors, and rehearsing conversations. The goal is to help people handle anger, improve relationships, and lower daily stress in practical steps.

She pays attention to cultural and gender-related concerns and mentions supporting women and young adults in particular. Her practice also addresses parenting strain, family-of-origin issues, and career-related stressors. To begin, users follow the site matching steps to schedule a first appointment.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing painful thoughts and feelings without fighting them, then choosing actions that match personal values. It is often used when anger, avoidance, or low motivation get in the way of day-to-day life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. This approach helps with mood, anxiety, anger triggers, and sleep routines through concrete tools and homework.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and closeness. It can be useful when anger or communication problems trace back to trust or attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online options can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, shorten check-ins when schedules are tight, or avoid travel time. Licensed professionals can guide practical exercises you can use between meetings so therapy fits into everyday life.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Family conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

North Carolina, South Carolina, California

Languages

English, Spanish

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship strain, anger, sleep problems, ADHD, and life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style mixes practical skill-building with reflective conversation, focusing on communication, boundaries, and managing emotional reactions.

How much experience does she have?

She has ten years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of emotional and relational issues.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds LCSW and LISW-CP credentials and practices as a licensed therapist in North Carolina.

Does she work in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

What session formats are available?

Session formats are not listed in the biography; please confirm current online and in-person options before booking.

How does pricing work?

Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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