About Gian
Gian Sarabia helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, and relationship or intimacy concerns. He also works with issues like bipolar mood struggles, attention difficulties (ADHD), sleep problems, and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
Gian is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California and speaks English and Spanish. He uses plain talk and a steady, respectful approach.
Sessions focus on practical steps you can try between meetings. He listens first, then builds goals together.
The pace and focus are set by the person's needs and preferences. Gian blends techniques from cognitive behavioral work and acceptance and commitment ideas to address unhelpful thoughts and to clarify personal values.
Attachment-informed methods help when trust or closeness has been damaged by past hurts. Dialectical and client-centered elements are used to teach emotion regulation and to keep the conversation grounded and empathic.
He has six years of professional experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist, working with a wide range of concerns including relationship communication, addiction, identity and LGBT issues, and complex medical or caregiving stress. Gian emphasizes collaboration and straightforward tools that fit into everyday life.
Gian offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging, and he sees international clients as well. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling is arranged to suit the person's timing.
Online approaches that focus on values, thoughts, and attachment
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it supports taking actions that match personal values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants clearer direction in day-to-day life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going, and it teaches steps to change those patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, sleep problems, mood symptoms, and managing ADHD-related routines.
Attachment-Based Therapy concentrates on how early relationships shape trust and closeness. It helps people understand patterns in their relationships and build new ways of connecting after hurt or loss.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gian will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit the person's needs. Adjustments are made over time if something isn't helping.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for a face-to-face feel, phone can fit a quick check-in or less bandwidth, and chat or messaging supports short updates or ongoing support between sessions. These options help make therapy fit around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- 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