About Yeni
Yeni Then-Yaegel greets people in both English and Spanish. She is a licensed clinical social worker in New Jersey with 28 years of experience. Yeni aims to make sessions straightforward and calm for parents and individuals who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, or parenting challenges.
She focuses on clear, practical steps that a person can use between sessions. Yeni uses methods that help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of handling difficult moments.
Background and approach
Conversations are direct but warm, and she encourages small changes that add up over time. Her background includes work across many life stages and with a wide range of concerns. That experience informs how she approaches family conflict, communication problems, caregiver stress, and issues tied to identity and life purpose.
She also supports people dealing with obsessive or compulsive patterns and eating and food-related struggles. Yeni pays attention to relationship patterns connected to abandonment, avoidant personality traits, and blended family dynamics. She brings practical strategies for managing isolation, low self-esteem, and feelings of emptiness.
For people connected to intellectual disability or autism spectrum concerns, she adjusts pacing and focuses on clear communication. Sessions are offered in formats that fit busy schedules, including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Yeni guides each person toward steps that match their goals and daily life, with an emphasis on workable changes rather than long explanations.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Yeni often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test small changes in behavior to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying strengths and practical steps that move someone toward their goals rather than focusing only on problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Yeni works together with each person to decide what fits best based on their goals, daily routines, and communication preferences. She adjusts pace and techniques so the plan makes sense for the individual and their life.
Online formats allow flexible ways to connect. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or screen use is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing skill practice, or scheduling around busy days. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while fitting work, parenting, or other responsibilities into a week.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English, Spanish