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Yesenia Cortez, LMFT

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About Yesenia Cortez, LMFT

 For many high achievers, arriving at this point—pausing long enough to acknowledge your own pain—can feel like the hardest step of all. You’ve likely spent years being the strong one, the capable one, the one who keeps going no matter the cost. Choosing to begin your healing is an extraordinary act of courage, and I honor that deeply.

My passion as a therapist is supporting individuals who appear put-together on the outside but are carrying a history of trauma, pressure, perfectionism, or emotional overwhelm on the inside. Often, the very skills that helped you succeed—drive, resilience, independence—also became the tools that kept you surviving instead of truly living. Together, we can gently untangle those patterns.

I offer a warm, culturally sensitive, trauma-informed space where you don’t have to perform, achieve, or hold everything together. A space where you can lay down the weight you’ve been carrying and explore who you are beyond your accomplishments. Here, you can be fully seen, heard, and supported as your authentic self.

My experience includes working with high-functioning individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, self-criticism, burnout, and the quiet loneliness that often accompanies success. My role is to help you gain insight, break free from old survival strategies, and reconnect with a version of yourself that feels grounded, worthy, and whole.

If something in these words resonates with you, I welcome you to reach out for a free 15-minute consultation. It would be an honor to explore whether our work together could help you reclaim the parts of yourself that deserve rest, healing, and hope.

Yesenia Cortez, LMFT

Techniques/Modalities

  • Brainspotting
  • Breathwork
  • Chicanx Affirmative Therapy
  • Client-Centered
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Existential
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Gestalt
  • Holistic Therapy
  • Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
  • Strengths Based
  • Trauma-Focused CBT

Specialties

  • Acculturation
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Challenges
  • Burnout
  • Career Uncertainty
  • Communication Issues
  • Estrangement
  • Family Conflict
  • Interpersonal Issues
  • Life Transitions
  • Machismo
  • Racial Trauma
  • Trauma and PTSD

Office Details

  • Free Consultation
  • Headway Provider
  • Online Services

Licenses

License

Licensed Marriage Family Therapist

License Number

#127069

State Issued

California

Education

National University
  • Master's in arts. Option in Marriage Family Therapist

States Licensed In

California

Fees

Fees

170-200

Insurance

Aetna
Anthem
Anthem Blue Cross
Beacon
Blue Cross
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Blue Cross/Blue Shield HMO
Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO
Blue Shield
Blue Shield of California
Carelon
CIGNA
Health Net
Kaiser
Kaiser SoCal
Optum
Quest Behavioral Health
TRICARE
TRIWEST
UnitedHealthcare
Victims of Crime Compensation
  • Aetna
  • Anthem
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Beacon
  • Blue Cross
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield HMO
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO
  • Blue Shield
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Carelon
  • CIGNA
  • Health Net
  • Kaiser
  • Kaiser SoCal
  • Optum
  • Quest Behavioral Health
  • TRICARE
  • TRIWEST
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • Victims of Crime Compensation
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Practice Details

Therapist Languages

Hablo Español

Services For

Individuals

Client Age

Young Adults (18-25)
Adults
Elders (65+)

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