Yeni Then-Yaegel

Yeni Then-Yaegel is a bilingual therapist who speaks both English and Spanish. She is a New Jersey licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 28 years of experience. Yeni aims to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or struggles around self-esteem and relationships.

She uses straightforward conversation to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions are meant to be a place to talk without judgment and to find concrete ways forward. Yeni emphasizes practical steps and short-term goals that fit into daily life.

Over nearly three decades of practice she has supported people facing family conflict, parenting strain, and a range of eating and food-related issues. She also addresses concerns such as abandonment, isolation, obsessive thoughts, and autistic traits when those topics come up in therapy.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behaviors, with Solution-Focused Therapy, which concentrates on building small, achievable changes. Yeni works collaboratively with each person to pick strategies that feel useful and realistic.

She welcomes conversation in English or Spanish and draws on long clinical experience to adapt her style to each person’s needs. To begin, she asks people to describe their priorities so sessions can focus on the next practical step.

How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online

Yeni commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice how thoughts affect feelings and behavior, then practice small behavior changes that reduce anxiety or improve eating patterns. CBT is concrete and skill-based, useful for stress, obsessive thoughts, and certain eating concerns.

She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy, which centers on identifying strengths and small steps that lead toward a clearer goal. That approach is brief and action-oriented, often helpful when someone wants focused progress on a specific problem like communication or parenting stress.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. Yeni talks with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they pick methods and pace that feel manageable and meaningful.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when time is limited, or reduce the need to travel. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and Solution-Focused methods to remote sessions so people can practice skills and plan changes between meetings.