Therapist profile
Yeni Hercules, LMFT
California
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Relationship and Stress
Continue with YeniWhere Yeni stands
- Credentials
- LMFT
- License
- LMFT, California / 146151
- NPI
- 1437497260
- Experience
- 12 years
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Location
- California
About
- CBT methods
- Gottman approach
- Mindfulness tools
About Yeni
Yeni Hercules is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 12 years of experience. She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, relationship concerns, and related struggles. She speaks English and Spanish and offers practical support for life changes and difficult feelings.
Yeni focuses on clear, doable steps in sessions. She uses approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop new coping habits. She also draws on solution-focused work to set short-term goals and track small changes.
For relationship concerns she uses elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication and reduce repeated fights. Hypnotherapy may be used where appropriate to support relaxation and focus for problems like sleeping or persistent stress. She combines methods rather than sticking to one model.
Sessions tend to be direct and action-oriented. Yeni helps people practice boundary-setting, challenge people-pleasing habits, and manage strong emotions such as anger, jealousy, or grief. She also supports those dealing with codependency patterns, attachment worries, or caregiver stress.
Her work includes attention to life roles like parenting and career strain. She addresses issues linked to immigration, separation, or domestic violence with practical coping strategies. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Yeni commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and the Gottman Method in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. The Gottman Method offers concrete communication and conflict tools that help people handle repeated arguments and improve listening.She also uses mindfulness techniques to teach breathing and attention skills that reduce reactivity and help with sleep or anger. These approaches are explained in simple steps and practiced between sessions so skills build over time. Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process; she and the client review goals, preferences, and what has helped before to decide what to try first.
If you want to arrange online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking as they are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove the need to travel. Therapists often adapt exercises and homework for video or phone sessions so progress can continue even when life is hectic.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy issues, sleeping problems, parenting strain, and related topics.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses practical approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, solution-focused techniques, and elements of the Gottman Method to set goals and practice new skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of professional experience working with people on stress, relationship issues, trauma, anger, and similar concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - licensed in California and practices there.
Can I see her if I speak Spanish?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.