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Are you struggling with issues related to stress, depression, anxiety, or a major life change? Or perhaps, you would like to dive into self-exploration. I am a New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselor and practicing psychotherapist.  Over the past 12 years, I’ve helped many individuals, couples and families rediscover themselves, cope in healthier ways, and implement change in their lives. My goal is to help you find and understand yourself on a deeper level, while also learning to better cope with life’s many challenges. I provide an open, non-judgmental, safe space. I believe therapy is a journey toward self-discovery and healing. My approach is supportive and warm, yet direct and exploratory. By challenging beliefs and unhealthy patterns, together, we can address issues that may be holding you back from achieving your highest potential.

Serene Room

"Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin."

IVAN PAVLOV

Forest

More About My Approach to Therapy

I believe in an integrated approach to therapy. Through the use of evidence-based counseling and psychotherapy methods, and collaborative treatment measures, my goal is to help you identify and address personal issues, while developing effective life-changing skills. Some of the methods I incorporate include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Mindfulness Based Therapy, Positive Psychology, Family Systems, and Energy Psychology (including EFT). I give great importance to the mind-body-soul connection and approaches that integrate these.
I also give great importance to the therapeutic relationship between therapist and client. My approach is a welcoming, comfortable, non-judgmental, and supportive one. It is by means of the therapeutic relationship, that both the client and therapist can openly explore and address deeper issues. 
In collaboration with you, and through exploration, I strive to help you become aware of the areas in your life that may be impacting you, on different levels - mental, emotional, physical, and/ or energetic. 

In my years of experience, both, personally and professionally, I have found that there is so much more to us than our physical human experience, and far much more involved in the process of healing. It involves understanding, reflecting, and nurturing our human experience, our physical bodies, and our life energy. Research has shown that therapeutic modalities such as energy psychology, somatic therapy, and mindfulness, to name a few, have been efficacious in treating various mental, emotional, and physical concerns.

Foggy Forest

“Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.”

EINSTEIN

Yanira Cortes, LMHC

About Me

YANIRA CORTES, LMHC, NCC

I am a licensed mental health counselor and energy healer. I consider myself a holistic therapist, specializing in different and alternative approaches to healing, including counseling & psychotherapy, reiki, and energy psychology strategies. I am currently offering virtual appointments, allowing for more flexibility with clients.

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My experience in the field has been quite eclectic. Prior to working in a 1-on-1 therapy setting, I served as a case manager for persons with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI), and also as a motivational care manager for people with chronic medical conditions. Other experiences include conducting intakes, community outreach and advocacy, research in different capacities, teaching and mentoring, clinical supervision, and of course, counseling and psychotherapy. I work with children, adolescents, adults, individuals, couples, and families.

 

I am a mother of three, a wife, one of six children, an animal and nature lover, and a proud Latina.

Education: I completed my B.A. at CUNY City College, with a major in psychology and a minor in Women’s Studies; M.A. in Mental Health Counseling at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University; and completed my doctoral courses in Mental Health Counseling at Pace University. 


Holistic training: Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology; The International Center for Reiki Training & NY International Reiki Center

Affiliations: ACA; NYMCHA; ACEP; Reiki Membership Association 

Insurances Accepted

Aetna

Cigna

Empire BCBS

Oxford

United Healthcare

Oscar

BCBS of Massachusetts

Rock Balancing

Contact Me

ycortes.lmhc@gmail.com

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(929) 314-2582

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