Yaminah Polanco

Yaminah Polanco accepts Cigna Healthcare/Evernorth, Prime Health, Centivo, and Independence Blue Cross. Octave clients pay an average of $28 per session through insurance, and more than 95% pay less than $45 per session. Your exact cost depends on your plan’s copay or deductible. You can use the cost estimator to see what you would pay before your first session. If you would rather pay out of pocket, self-pay sessions in New Jersey are estimated at $185-195 per session.

Yaminah Polanco is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). Yaminah is licensed to practice in New Jersey, so clients located in New Jersey can book sessions. Yaminah’s New Jersey license number is 44SC06204700, and you can look it up through the state licensing board. Octave verifies every therapist’s license before they begin seeing clients, and licenses are kept current as a condition of practicing with Octave.

Yaminah Polanco has been practicing therapy for 3 years. Yaminah’s education and training include MSW - Social Work, Rutgers University. Over that time, Yaminah has worked closely with Parents and Students.

Yaminah Polanco works with Parents and Students and specializes in Anxiety, Burnout, Depression, Relationship Concerns, Stress, and Workplace Stress. These are the areas where Yaminah spends most of their clinical time. If the concern you want help with isn’t listed here, a Care Navigator can tell you whether Yaminah is a good fit or match you with another Octave therapist who specializes in it.

Yaminah Polanco draws on Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Solution-Focused, and Strengths-Based. In sessions, Yaminah’s style is calming, casual, open-minded, solution-oriented, and warm. In Yaminah’s words: “Together, we can explore what works best for you, and identify the areas in your life which you would like to change.”

Yaminah Polanco (she/her) offers therapy in English. Yaminah identifies as Hispanic/Latinx.

Yaminah Polanco offers online sessions over secure video, so you can meet from home or any private space. Yaminah is licensed in New Jersey, and you need to be located in that state at the time of each session. All you need is a device with a camera and a stable internet connection.

Your first session with Yaminah Polanco is a chance to talk through what brought you to therapy and what you want to work on. Yaminah will ask about your background, your current concerns, and your goals, and together you will start shaping a plan for your sessions. It is also a chance to see whether Yaminah’s style feels like a good fit for you. After their first session, 9 in 10 Octave clients say their therapy experience has been good or better.

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