About Javier
Javier Zuniga is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, and anger. He speaks English and Spanish and works with concerns like mood struggles, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and self-esteem. He also supports people facing first responder strain, multicultural concerns, and infidelity issues.
Javier uses straightforward, person-focused sessions. He treats each person as the expert on their life and draws on their strengths to tackle problems.
How Javier works
Conversations are practical and goal-oriented, with room for emotion and reflection. His work blends approaches that look at how relationships shape feelings and behavior, skills to manage difficult thoughts and actions, and treatments for trauma. Sessions may involve talking through recent events, identifying patterns that cause distress, and practicing new ways to respond.
The aim is steady, usable change rather than quick fixes. Javier’s background includes long-term practice in California settings where he supported people through loss, mood disorders, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. He brings experience with a wide range of concerns, including intellectual disability and eating difficulties, and adapts his style to the person in front of him.
People can expect a calm, respectful approach that balances empathy with clear direction. Javier helps set achievable steps, checks progress, and revises the plan as needed. He encourages questions and collaborative decision-making throughout care.
Javier lists 6 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Attachment-based work focuses on how close relationships shape feelings and behavior. Online sessions can use conversation to map relationship patterns and practice new ways of relating to others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with practical strategies. This approach is well suited to video or chat formats where homework and skill-building can be reviewed between meetings. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps process disturbing memories; some elements can be adapted to virtual sessions with careful pacing and collaboration.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Javier will help clients choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort with different ways of working. He works together with each person to try options, track what helps, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or busy schedules and let clients pick the format that best supports their work on stress, trauma, relationships, and mood.
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