About Gerardo
Gerardo Puga Cervantes is a licensed marriage and family therapist who aims to put clients at ease from the first session. He focuses on building a strong working relationship so people feel heard and respected. Many come for help with anxiety, stress, relationship worries, or addictive behaviors.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish and can include video, phone, chat, or messaging formats. Gerardo uses straightforward, practical methods to help people make changes.
Background and approach
He listens without judgment and treats each person as the expert on their own life. He draws on about ten years as an LMFT in California to guide sessions toward useful skills and clearer thinking. Therapy can include learning tools for managing anxious thoughts, practicing new ways to talk about needs with partners, or working through patterns that keep a problem going.
He adapts techniques from cognitive approaches and acceptance-based work to match what a person prefers. The focus is on small, achievable steps rather than abstract theory. Gerardo also pays attention to how early attachments and relationships shape current reactions and behavior.
That perspective helps when people struggle with trust, abandonment, or repeating harmful patterns. He blends that with practical skills for coping, emotion regulation, and decision making. People who choose therapy with him first complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions.
Costs vary by location and the subscription model in use can be canceled at any time. The goal is steady progress on concerns like anxiety, depression, or life transitions.
How therapy approaches work online
Gerardo uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT focuses on values and small actions that move a person toward a life they care about, which often helps with anxiety and stress.He also draws from attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current reactions. That work helps when trust, abandonment, or repeating relationship patterns are part of the concern. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is another tool he uses to identify unhelpful thought patterns and practice different responses, useful for anxiety and depression.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. He works together with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level. Sessions typically begin by talking about what matters most to the client and then testing practical strategies that can be used between meetings.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain ongoing work on anxiety and related concerns.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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