“Empowering adults to break unhealthy patterns so they can experience greater peace, happiness and fulfillment. Provides counseling in English and Spanish.”
Asking for help speaks to your strengths, not your weaknesses.
Do you take pride in being a good problem solver? Are you a rock star at your job or business, but currently feel that things have been extra challenging in your life outside of work? Have you been going through some significant life changes, but keep pretending like nothing is wrong? Do you avoid sharing your struggles because people depend on you and you don’t want to worry or burden them?
Most adults experience multiple life transitions throughout their lives, and yet we all reach a point where we need to recognize our limitations and realize that we need help. By taking this step, it would speak to your strengths rather than your weaknesses, which would allow you to further learn and grow.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida. I founded Humanista Counseling LLC to provide inclusive counseling services based on the premise that all humans are unique beings and should be recognized and treated as such. During the past 15 years, I have accrued valuable clinical experiences by working with diverse populations such as Latinos, military veterans, LGBTQIA+, biracial and people of color, and helping professionals. I am a bilingual therapist, and I offer counseling in both English and Spanish.
My approach to therapy is culturally sensitive, affirming, empowering, open-minded, and empathic. I am deeply committed to creating a safe and supportive space for my clients to explore their challenges and achieve their goals.
Meet Your Therapist
Get to know Adelle.
Hear directly from Adelle about her approach to therapy, what inspires her work, and how she helps clients navigate challenges, build on their strengths, and create meaningful change.
Counseling for Adults in Coral Springs and Plantation, Florida
in English & Spanish
Helping you break unhealthy patterns, embrace your strengths, and find greater peace and fulfillment.
Sometimes, the people who appear to have everything together are the ones struggling the most. You may be successful in your career, constantly supporting others, or managing life’s responsibilities while quietly feeling overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected, or emotionally exhausted. Whether you’re navigating relationship difficulties, past trauma, major life changes, or simply struggling to prioritize your own needs, you deserve support that helps you feel understood, empowered, and more connected to yourself.
Adelle Flores-Yoshitomi, LMHC, is a bilingual Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 15 years of clinical experience helping adults navigate emotional challenges, strengthen relationships, and create meaningful, lasting change. She specializes in anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, grief and loss, self-esteem, relationship concerns, stress management, burnout, and life transitions.
Adelle has extensive experience providing culturally sensitive, affirming counseling for members of the LGBTQIA+ community, Latino and Hispanic individuals, military veterans, people of color, and helping professionals. She understands how our cultural backgrounds, identities, relationships, and life experiences shape our emotional well-being and believes everyone deserves a space where they can feel accepted, respected, and understood.
Drawing on person-centered, humanistic, systemic, and affirmative therapeutic approaches, Adelle creates a compassionate, collaborative environment tailored to your unique needs and goals. She helps you gain a deeper understanding of yourself, recognize patterns that may be holding you back, establish healthier boundaries, improve communication, and develop practical strategies for navigating life’s challenges with greater confidence.
Adelle offers individual counseling in English and Spanish at Bayview Therapy’s Plantation office, as well as convenient online therapy throughout Florida through our secure telehealth platform.
Her approach is grounded in a simple belief: You don’t have to keep putting everyone else’s needs before your own. With the right support, you can break free from unhealthy patterns, reconnect with your strengths, and create a more balanced, authentic, and fulfilling life.
Counseling for adults
I provide counseling to adults who are seeking a safe space to actively work on how they process their life experiences, improve the quality of their relationships, learn tools to better manage stress, further develop how they communicate their feelings, and want to make their emotional well-being a priority.
As therapists we are exposed to multiple theoretical orientations, not only while attending school, but as we complete our face to face clinical hours and pursue specialized certifications and training. The approaches below are the ones I primarily utilize, as they align with my core values and beliefs.
Humanistic and Person-Centered Therapy
This approach focuses on the individual’s subjective experience and their potential for growth and self-actualization. It emphasizes the quality of the relationship between the therapist and the client, with the therapist providing empathy, unconditional positive regard, and genuineness.
The therapist has to create a safe and supportive environment where the client can feel free to explore their emotions and experiences without fear of judgment, using techniques like active listening, reflection, and paraphrasing.
Through the therapeutic relationship, the client will gain self-awareness and develop a stronger sense of self-worth and self-acceptance. The client is empowered to trust their own intuition and internal resources to make decisions and solve problems.
Systemic Therapy
This therapeutic strategy is primarily known in the realm of family counseling, yet it can be used when conducting individual counseling sessions. It focuses on understanding an individual’s problems within the context of their relationships and interactions, particularly within their family and social systems.
Interventions can include actively listening, hypothesizing, sharing feedback, circular questioning, conceptualizing, reframing, and creating family genograms. The benefits include improved communication, stronger relationships, increased self-awareness, problem solving skills and reduced conflict.
Affirmative Counseling
This type of therapy focuses on validating and supporting the unique experiences and needs of LGBTQIA+ individuals. Its goal is to help clients explore and accept their identities, while also addressing their unique stressors as they may encounter prejudice, discrimination, and internalized homophobia or transphobia.
Affirmative therapy aims to create a safe and affirming environment where individuals feel understood and accepted for who they are, with validation and acceptance of their gender identity and sexual orientation without judgment.
Benefits include increased self-acceptance, reduced mental health issues related to discrimination, and improved overall well-being. Clients report feeling understood and supported, which can lead to more effective therapy outcomes.
Counseling for military veterans
During my undergraduate summer internship at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts, I saw the positive impact of recognizing and validating veterans’ sacrifices. I witnessed veterans from different branches come together and find healing while sharing their experiences.
I understood how not all veterans have had access to the timely care that they needed and how they came to develop PTSD. This motivated me to seek another internship after graduate school where I provided direct counseling services at the Veteran Affairs Caribbean Healthcare in San Juan, Puerto Rico, conducting therapy with veterans in the acute ward following a recent crisis.
I gained a better understanding of how chronic medical issues can be service connected, and of the difficulties veterans face when returning to civilian life and their families. Members of the veteran community should have access to dedicated and compassionate professionals who understand their unique needs.
Counseling for the Latino, Latinx and Hispanic community
Al inicio de mi carrera, me tocó aprender que el ser una mujer Latina (Puertorriqueña y Nicaragüense), no significaba que automáticamente podía comprender la multitud de experiencias que existen dentro de nuestra comunidad. To gain a deeper understanding, I had to diligently seek to learn more about the similarities and differences amongst Central American, Caribbean, and South American individuals.
When I moved to Northern California from Puerto Rico for my graduate studies, I experienced the heartbreak of not ever being able to feel whole in one place. The acculturation process is not linear and many factors impact how manageable or overwhelming it can be. I quickly learned about the concept of privilege and how not all Latinos are treated the same.
By providing counseling to individuals from all walks of life, different socioeconomic levels and legal status, my horizons were broadened. My personal experience with the adjustment of status process alongside my husband, who is Peruvian and Japanese, has significantly deepened my awareness and understanding of this experience. The ability to understand my clients’ needs without requiring them to explain themselves is incredibly fulfilling.
Counseling for the LGBTQIA+ community
I have always identified as an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community. My respect deepened when I witnessed family and friends model the resilience and perseverance it takes to show up as their authentic selves. No one has the right to dictate who you love, and it’s unjust to be forced to navigate their opinions.
To properly serve the community, I had to become a well versed professional. I started my journey at The Pacific Center for Human Growth in Berkeley, California. It was an immersive experience and I’ve continued to build upon that knowledge. Working in San Francisco allowed me to be surrounded by the LGBTQIA+ culture and see firsthand the joy of having the freedom to freely express themselves.
Throughout my clinical experience I have helped individuals who wanted to address anxiety, coming out, cultural issues, depression, the impact of discrimination, family of origin conflicts, gender dysphoria, gender identity, internalized homophobia, relationship dynamics, self esteem, sexuality, shame, trauma, transitioning, sexual and emotional intimacy, and processing the impact of living with HIV and AIDS.
How Adelle works.
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Integrative and led by you
I use an integrative and holistic approach to best support my clients. I seek to get to know them and earn their trust. I honor their pace and follow their lead, while empathically challenging them.
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Challenge without pressure
I know how to engage in a challenging topic without making my client feel like I am pushing their limits. I am also very patient and guide my clients through the steps of the onboarding process, because I understand it is not easy to take that first step.
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Your needs set the agenda
The focus of our sessions will always be based on your needs, and you will never feel like I am not prioritizing you.
Meet Adelle
What we’ll work on
I can assist adults seeking therapy for the acculturation process, anger management, anxiety, boundary setting, caretaker burnout, chronic illness, communication issues, depression, esteem issues, family conflicts, gender and sexuality identity issues, grief and loss, and infidelity.
Also life transitions, peer relationships, relationship issues, social anxiety, stress management, transitioning to civilian life, trauma and PTSD, trust issues, and work and life balance.
I was known as the tomb in school because I was good at keeping secrets. Before school, my classmates often asked if they could talk to me one-on-one. I realized what they were seeking was someone who would listen without judgement or gossip about what they were going through.
I always felt humbled by being trusted. This was my introduction to wanting to learn more about how I could be more helpful to others. My high school elective in Psychology was very enlightening. From then on it was easy to let go of the idea of being a veterinarian, and dissecting a frog also put things in perspective.
My parents pushed for a shorter career track and enrolled me in Human Resources. During my first year of undergraduate I struggled and stood out like a sore thumb because it was a different way of connecting with people. I took an aptitude test and it stated I was 80% compatible with a career in psychology. This helped me justify the need to change my major, and I never looked back.
My background in counseling
Attending the Clinical Psychology Program at the American School of Professional Psychology in Alameda, California was a dream come true. My practicum and internship opportunities allowed me to work with diverse populations: Latinos, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and military veterans.
Prior to going into private practice, I primarily worked with clients that were apprehensive about engaging in counseling, such as court mandated clients, active substance users, the chronically mentally ill, and youth in diversion programs. I am also a Qualified Supervisor for Mental Health Counselors, dedicated to guiding and mentoring the next generation of therapists.
I created Humanista Counseling, LLC because I wanted to prioritize being able to work with my ideal client: an adult who is open and willing to engage in therapy because they want to prioritize their needs and achieve work and life balance.
Get to know me
Just For Fun
The cat distribution system gifted me the best cat in the world, an orange domestic short hair named Dolce. He is the sweetest boy and acts like my shadow at home.
I enjoy traveling with my husband and my favorite place we’ve visited so far has been Kyoto, Japan. I tried matcha ice cream and conveyor belt sushi there for the first time.
Some of the shows I currently enjoy are reality dating, home renovations, RuPaul’s Drag Race and comedies like Abbott Elementary. You cannot pay me to watch a scary movie. I have a hearty laugh and find everyday joy in the little things, and my favorite bubble tea is jasmine green tea with lychee popping boba.
What makes my practice different
Why work with me?
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I chose this career and it shows. I look forward to having sessions with my clients and enjoy helping others.
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I know first hand the impact of losing a loved one, and will respectfully hold space for the processing of anyone who is important to you: family member, friend, partner, and pet.
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I am culturally sensitive and culturally competent. I will always lead with respect and acknowledge what I know and don’t know.
Experience greater peace through counseling
During our complimentary phone consultation, you’ll grant me the opportunity to hear the main reasons you’re seeking therapy at this time and what you hope to achieve during our work together. I truly look forward to hearing from you and the privilege of earning your trust.
I offer in person counseling for adults, in English and Spanish, at our beautiful and serene offices in Plantation, Florida. I also provide online therapy via our secure telehealth platform for those who reside in Florida. Call me today at 954-391-5305.
Great Care Starts With Connection. Meet Adelle’s Colleagues.
Adelle is proud to be part of Bayview Therapy’s diverse team of experienced therapists and psychologists. Each clinician brings unique specialties, perspectives, and approaches, all sharing a commitment to compassionate, personalized care.
We invite you to get to know some of the wonderful professionals Adelle works alongside.
