Yolanda Orta Swope, LPC

Yolanda Orta Swope is a licensed professional counselor with 11 years of experience helping adults sort through anxiety, depression, anger, and trauma. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps they can use right away. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and delivered through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.

Yolanda pays attention to how personal struggles affect relationships. Many clients find their mood and stress show up at home or work. She helps people see those connections and build skills to respond differently in tense moments.

Her work combines talking through feelings with hands-on skill building. That includes learning ways to manage strong emotions, practicing new communication habits, and trying small changes that add up. She explains ideas plainly and checks in to make sure each strategy fits the person’s daily life.

Clients can expect a cooperative approach. Goals are set together and adjusted as progress is made. Yolanda also offers shorter coaching-style check-ins when that better matches a client’s needs.

She has experience addressing a wide range of concerns beyond mood symptoms, including parenting and blended family issues, workplace stress, grief, infidelity, addiction-related struggles, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and ADHD. Those focus areas often shape the goals and tools used in sessions.

How CBT, EFT, and Solution-Focused Work Online

Yolanda uses approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at how emotions shape connection and helps people express needs more clearly to improve relationships. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, practical changes and building on what already works in a person’s life.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist and client will decide together which methods fit the client’s goals and situation. Sessions may shift between talking, skill practice, and short coaching-style check-ins based on what the client needs most.

Online formats offer flexible ways to stay consistent with therapy. Video calls allow face-to-face work when tone and nonverbal cues matter. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels like too much. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, shorter coaching, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, parenting, and other responsibilities.