LCSW, LISW-CP
Yovani Hernandez, LCSW, LISW-CP
- Experience10 years
- LocationNorth Carolina
- Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Trauma and abuse
- Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- LanguagesEnglish and Spanish
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About Yovani
Yovani Hernandez is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in North Carolina who brings a decade of clinical experience to her work. She focuses on supporting people facing depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, grief, and a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
Background and approach
Yovani emphasizes an individualized, culturally responsive approach that listens closely to each person’s background and lived experience. Her therapeutic style blends evidence-based methods with a warm, client-centered stance aimed at fostering self-understanding, stronger communication, and healthier coping skills.
She often uses Internal Family Systems alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to help clients explore internal parts, clarify values, and repair relational patterns. Yovani works in both English and Spanish and frames therapy as a collaborative process that centers healing, growth, and renewed purpose.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your needs
Internal Family Systems helps clients identify and work with internal parts or aspects of the self, offering a way to understand conflicting feelings and patterns. This approach can be useful for people dealing with trauma, shame, or longstanding inner conflict.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and building psychological flexibility through acceptance and committed action. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions to help people pursue meaningful goals despite difficult thoughts or feelings.
Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships influence current connection styles and emotional responses, and it can support work around relationship patterns, intimacy concerns, and family-of-origin issues.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then integrate methods that best suit a person’s situation rather than relying on a single technique.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility by allowing video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit care into a busy schedule and maintain continuity during life changes. Licensed professionals can use these formats to provide consistent support, adapt interventions to remote settings, and help clients make progress from wherever they are located in North Carolina.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Yovani address?
She addresses a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, ADHD, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her work combines client-centered attention with evidence-based techniques such as Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to tailor care to each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Yovani has 10 years of clinical experience working with diverse emotional and behavioral concerns across a range of therapeutic methods.
Where is she licensed to practice and what are her credentials?
She is licensed in North Carolina as an LCSW (NC LCSW C011006) and also holds a South Carolina license as LISW-CP (SC LISW-CP 14722).
Does she offer services in more than one language?
Yes, she conducts therapy in English and Spanish but is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available with her?
Sessions may be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are sessions priced and billed?
Cost varies depending on location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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
Licensed
North Carolina, South Carolina, California
Languages
English, Spanish