Rated 5.0 stars out of 5, 7 ratings

Gian Michael Sarabia

LMFT, 5 years of experience

Authentic
Solution oriented
Intelligent
Virtual
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About me

I am a licensed MFT clinician in California with 6 years of eclectic psychotherapy work experience. I thrive on collaborating/working with clients to help them process and manage stress, symptoms of anxiety and depression, a distorted sense of self, trauma from individual/familial abuse as well as the systemic factors therein, schizophrenia spectrum challenges/symptoms, and personality disorders (e.g., antisocial personality disorder and borderline personality disorder). I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while maintaining strong/healthy boundaries. I will tailor our dialogue and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs as we work through what you desire to focus on. I have worked with a variety of clients in different mental health organizations and schools throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County. I am comfortable and have experience working with trauma-related stress disorders, major depression, personality disorders (e.g., borderline personality), isolation/loneliness, suicidal thoughts, and schizophrenia spectrum disorders/symptoms. I treat both adults and older teens (18 and over) through individual psychotherapy. I believe in treating everyone with emotional sensitivity while maintaining strong clinical/ethical boundaries. However, gentle confrontations may be needed as a way to bring awareness to certain aspects of the work, though I am mostly collaborative in working with my client's areas of concern, which they want to focus on during sessions. I ask (Socratic) questions based on therapeutic timing and will provide evidence-based psychoeducation when needed, always moving the session with clinical intuition as the process unfolds.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

During the consultation (or initial intake) session, individuals can expect me to listen mindfully as I conceptualize some of the mental health challenges, asking a variety of questions to assess thoroughly, what's going on, clinically. I will reflect back my thoughts about what is happening in relation to emotional-psychological concerns and suggest a psychotherapy approach. You can then expect every session thereafter to be focused on psychotherapy strategies/methods (e.g., CBT, Jungian, IPT, psychoeducation, via clinical self-awareness).

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

I constantly use a mindfulness-based approach to psychotherapy. Moreover, I do have a good gauge of what symptoms are coming up, which may be rooted in various life circumstances. This allows me to articulate to clients the plausibility of what is happening as a way for clients to reflect on and build awareness around. As a result, I can offer a psychotherapy space-modality (e.g., CBT, IPT, Jungian) for clients to process and progress towards their goals.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

My preference and expertise is working with individual clients, 1-1, who have been exposed to mild-to-moderate anxiety/depression, considerable trauma, which have produced a complex psychological reaction (e.g., C-PTSD, OCD, General Anxiety Disorder, personality disorders, behavioral/substance addictions, and/or suicidal thoughts from major depressive symptoms).

Specialties

Top specialties

AutismTrauma and PTSD

Other specialties

AddictionBipolar DisorderCrisis InterventionDepressionObsessive-Compulsive (OCD)Sex Addiction

I identify as

Serves ages

My treatment methods

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

I have used CBT for the last five years as an evidenced-based treatment modality, which I incorporate with mindfulness-based interventions.

Location

Virtual

Licensed in

Rated 5.0 stars out of 5, 7 ratings

1 rating with written reviews

June 4, 2025

Was great very professional and direcr

Verified client, age 35-44

Review shared after session 1 with Gian