Yolanda Pender, LPC
About me
*Are you having a challenging time in your relationships, either personal or professional?
*Would you like to optimize your combined strengths?
*Have you been hurt by a loved one or close friend?
*Looking for assistance with life's challenges?
*Unsure about the path you should take?
Allow me to assist you with your behavioral and emotional needs. Hello, I’m Yolanda Pender—a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Texas and a National Certified Counselor, with 20+ years of progressive counseling experience.
I have had the privilege of working with both civilian and military populations, offering individual and couples counseling, marriage mentoring, family support, trauma and grief care, social services, and personal development.
While we cannot change the past, together we can work toward understanding its impact and finding meaningful resolutions for the challenges you face today. I approach every client with compassion, honesty, dignity, and respect, creating a safe and supportive space to explore what’s weighing on you and what’s possible for your future.
My counseling style is collaborative and interactive, tailored to meet the unique needs of each client. I draw from humanistic principles while integrating approaches such as Interpersonal Therapy, Cognitive and Cognitive-Behavioral techniques, and Psychodynamic insights, among others. My goal is to help you identify the strategies and tools best suited to your growth, well-being, and long-term success.
Thank you for considering me as a partner in your journey. I look forward to walking alongside you as we uncover new ways forward and create space for healing, resilience, and renewed hope.
Professional experience
Additional areas of focus: Stress, Anxiety, Family conflicts, Anger management, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
License information
TX LPC 65470
Reviews
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Yolanda Pender is always there when I need her.
Written on Jan 18, 2025 after therapy with Yolanda for 6 years and 9 months
Yolanda is amazing! She is very supportive and knows a lot about relationships and their dynamic. She is really helping me in my marriage grow. Very grateful for her!
Written on Sep 22, 2024 after therapy with Yolanda for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and coaching
I am so thankful to have discovered Yolanda through BetterHelp. Her encouragement and wisdom have changed my life for the better. I continue to learn and grow with each session, becoming a stronger, healthier version of me. She has a way of cheering you on, making you laugh and guiding you to self-discovery and hard truths. The work is deep, but I always feel safe and supported, which facilitates growth. I am so thankful to share this difficult journey with her.
Written on Dec 27, 2023 after therapy with Yolanda for 5 years and 10 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and self esteem
I am so grateful for Yolanda and the way she has approached my struggles with me and helped me grow in so many ways! I loved getting to start my weeks with her, she was always so gentle and encouraging to me and would start sessions by asking me about my week so she knew where to go from there, which was super helpful so that she would always speak to my current and most relevant struggles, even if they were things of the past she did so much to help me move forward and learn and grow!
Written on Oct 13, 2022 after therapy with Yolanda for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
I am really enjoying my sessions with Yolanda. She has provided me with some great information and insight on my current issues. I trust her expertise.
Written on Mar 21, 2021 after therapy with Yolanda for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Yolanda is an awesome councilor. She is straight forward and very understanding of any issue I bring up. She has a lot of life experience that she is able to bring to sessions that help her relate to any day to day issue I may have.
Written on Feb 28, 2021 after therapy with Yolanda for 10 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and coaching