Ricardo Xuya Bautista, LMFT
Calm, direct support for life transitions
About Ricardo
Ricardo Xuya Bautista is a licensed marriage and family therapist with nine years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and career uncertainty.
Background and approach
He also supports concerns around self-esteem, body image, sexuality, and LGBT issues. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish in California.
Ricardo builds a working relationship quickly and uses clear, practical techniques in sessions. He helps people learn coping skills to reduce symptoms and handle day-to-day challenges.
He listens to each person's story and uses those details to reflect and guide change. He balances support with direct feedback when needed.
That means he will challenge unhelpful patterns while teaching new habits. The goal is to help people make concrete changes that fit their life.
Ricardo has experience working with clients in gender clinic settings and with college students navigating life transitions. He draws on that background to help people facing academic stress, identity questions, and shifts in relationships or roles.
Therapy sessions usually focus on what is happening now and on small steps a person can take. Ricardo uses conversation, teaching, and skill-building to help people reach their goals.
He encourages realistic actions that can be practiced between sessions.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Ricardo uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skill building and present-day change. One common approach emphasizes teaching coping skills for stress and anxiety, giving people concrete tools to manage symptoms and daily pressures. Another approach centers on exploring personal stories and current patterns to identify behaviors that no longer serve a person and to try new ways of responding.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Ricardo will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping the work collaborative and goal-focused.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or screen time is limited, live chat offers a shorter check-in option, and text lets people send updates or ask quick questions between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and can help therapy fit into busy lives.
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- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish