About Gian
Gian Sarabia is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. He helps people facing anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, substance concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, and phobias. He works in English and Spanish and has six years of clinical experience.
Gian keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what matters to each person. He listens first, then builds a plan together. He emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a calm, nonjudgmental tone during conversations.
Background and approach
He uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and test new habits. He also draws on acceptance and commitment strategies to help people clarify values and take small, helpful steps. Attachment-based ideas guide work on closeness and trust in relationships.
In practice Gian adapts his approach to each person's needs. Some sessions focus on short-term symptom relief, while others look at long-standing patterns. He aims to make therapy practical so clients can try changes between sessions.
Gian supports people working through sleep problems, self-esteem concerns, career stress, ADHD-related challenges, and a wide range of other issues listed in his specialties. He accepts international clients and offers multiple session formats to fit different schedules and situations.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Gian commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change thinking patterns and behaviors that feed anxiety or low mood. CBT sessions are practical and often include short exercises to try between meetings. He also incorporates acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed steps toward them even when difficult feelings remain.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Gian will discuss goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past, then try methods that fit each person's needs. Plans are adjusted as progress is made so work stays relevant and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and learning skills that use visual cues. Phone sessions are an option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit quick questions, reflections between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work and family schedules while keeping continuity across time zones.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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