About Gian
Gian Sarabia is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people work through anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. He also supports people coping with bipolar disorder, stress, addictions, self-esteem, career questions, ADHD, and issues related to identity and sexual expression. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Gian keeps sessions direct and practical. He listens first, then helps shape clear goals. He uses tools from several evidence-based approaches and adapts them to what each person needs.
How Gian works
Expect a straightforward conversation that focuses on small, doable steps between meetings. His background includes six years of clinical practice in California as a California licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT. That experience covers a wide range of concerns from trauma and abuse to relationship and communication problems.
He has worked with people facing chronic health issues, caregiver stress, and complex mood patterns. Gian often blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive-behavioral techniques and attachment-focused work. He can also use skills from dialectical behavior therapy when emotions feel overwhelming.
The aim is practical change: reduce symptoms, improve relationships, and strengthen coping skills. Many clients value having options for how they meet. Gian offers video sessions, phone calls, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first appointment.
Gian lists 17 ways of working on the entry:
- 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
What Gian works with
The areas below are the ones Gian selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on identifying values and taking small actions that move a person toward a meaningful life. It helps when ruminating thoughts or avoidance get in the way of what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleeping problems, and mood management. Attachment-Based Therapy concentrates on how past relationships shape current trust and closeness. It can be useful for intimacy concerns, communication problems, and people who struggle with connection. Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Gian will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they pick methods to try and adjust them over time based on what helps most. Online work makes it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation when travel is hard. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in and use less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter, more frequent support between sessions. These options give flexibility so therapy can match a person's schedule and needs.Start online instead of waiting
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