About Javier
Javier Gonzalez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California who combines practical therapy methods with cultural understanding. He speaks English and Spanish and draws on eight years of clinical experience to help people facing relationship and emotional difficulties. Javier uses a mix of approaches that include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness.
He focuses on concrete steps people can take to manage anxiety, depression, addiction, and the strain of life changes.
How Javier works
Sessions emphasize real skills for coping and clearer decision making. His background shapes his work. Raised in Mexico and later becoming a U.S. citizen, Javier knows what it is like to face economic hardship and community violence.
Those life experiences inform how he listens and responds in the therapy room, so people feel seen and understood. He also helps people address intimacy and relationship problems, self-esteem, grief, and areas like codependency, communication difficulties, and commitment issues. Javier draws on evidence-informed tools to reduce symptoms and build practical habits that support daily life.
Javier aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable. New clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space where goals are set together and progress is tracked in ways that fit each person's life and values.
Javier lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Javier works with
The areas below are the ones Javier selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adaptable to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, focuses on helping people clarify their values and take small steps toward them while learning to live alongside difficult thoughts and feelings. ACT can help with anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep someone stuck.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, addiction issues, and stress management.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences, adjusting methods over time as needs change.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, short coping plans, or ongoing support between sessions. These options provide flexibility to keep progress moving forward without major schedule disruption.
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