YESENIA GARCIA
AMFT | She/Her/Hers
Life’s journey can take unexpected turns, leaving us overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, uncertainty, or the lasting effects of trauma. Yesenia provides a compassionate, supportive space to navigate life’s challenges, heal from past experiences, and move toward meaningful change.
MORE ABOUT YESENIA
Pronouns: she/her/hers | Services available in English and Spanish
Yesenia’s approach is grounded in the belief that you are not the problem. Life experiences and circumstances can create patterns that become difficult to manage.
She integrates evidence-based approaches with Narrative Therapy and Person-Centered Therapy, recognizing clients as experts in their own lives while creating a safe, compassionate, and nonjudgmental space.
Together, clients explore the stories shaping their experiences, identify unhelpful patterns, and build practical tools for meaningful change.
SPECIALITIES
Trauma and complex trauma
Sexual abuse and sexual violence
Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD)
Childhood trauma
Anxiety and stress-related disorders
Life transitions
Self-esteem and identity development
Relationship and family concerns
AGE OF SPECIALITY
TYPES OF THERAPY
Adolescents (13-17)
Young adults (18-25)
Adults (25-60)
Seniors (60+)
Individual, couples, and family therapy
Trauma Therapy
Person-Centered Therapy
Narrative Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Trauma-Informed Therapy
Psychoeducation and Skills Development
Bilingual services in English and Spanish
Accepting new clients
AVAILABILITY
“Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls your life.”
- Dr. Edith Eger
KNOW YOUR THERAPIST
WHAT DID YOU GET YOUR DEGREE(S) IN AND WHERE FROM?
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy, Capella University, 2024
Family Studies, Brigham Young University–Idaho, 2017
Bachelor’s Degree in Language Teaching, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, 2012
Yesenia’s journey toward becoming a therapist began during an internship in Mexico, where she taught at an orphanage. Learning about the hardships children had endured inspired her to pursue the education and clinical skills needed to provide meaningful support.
Yesenia has worked as a therapist at The Family Place of Utah and has experience serving individuals, couples, families, and children from diverse backgrounds.
WHAT HAS SHAPED YOUR THERAPEUTIC APPROACH?
Depending on each client’s goals, Yesenia may suggest self-care and self-compassion practices, mind-body-bridging mapping exercises, identifying and challenging unhelpful thought patterns, and cognitive reframing.
HOW SHOULD I PREPARE FOR MY FIRST SESSION WITH YOU?
No special preparation is required. Come as you are and share only what feels comfortable. The first session is an opportunity to discuss your goals and begin building a safe, trusting therapeutic relationship.
WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO BECOME A THERAPIST?
Yesenia’s approach is evidence-based, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, narrative, and person-centered. She recognizes each client as the expert in their own life and supports first-generation, immigrant, multicultural, Spanish-speaking, and other diverse communities.