About Javier
Javier Zuniga is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 26 years of experience. He speaks English and Spanish and supports people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, ADHD, addiction, grief, depression, and self-esteem concerns. Javier emphasizes practical steps and clear goals so people feel less stuck and more able to manage day-to-day challenges.
He works from a cooperative, strengths-based stance. Javier treats each person as the expert on their life and helps them build on what already works.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on concrete tools, clearer thinking, and small behavior changes that add up over time. Javier combines approaches to match each person’s needs. He draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
He uses attachment-based and emotionally focused methods to improve relationships and connection. For people with trauma, he can include EMDR-informed strategies as part of longer-term work. His style tends to be direct but empathetic.
Javier often sets simple tasks between sessions and reviews progress together. He encourages people to try small experiments and to notice what changes and what stays difficult. Many people choose him because he is bilingual and experienced across a wide range of life stressors, including first responder issues, multicultural concerns, and compassion fatigue.
He aims to make therapy a practical part of everyday life, not just a place to talk.
How Javier’s Approaches Work Online
Javier draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. This approach works well for anxiety, stress, depression, and attention-related struggles by breaking problems into manageable steps and experiments. He also uses attachment-based and emotionally focused ideas to strengthen how people relate to others and to reduce conflict or disconnection.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Javier talks with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has helped before. Together they pick methods and pace that feel manageable, then adjust as progress or challenges appear. The plan is practical and collaborative rather than fixed.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people send updates, try brief exercises between sessions, or check in without scheduling a full call. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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