About Juan
Juan Pauli is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience in California. He helps people facing stress and anxiety, and he also supports those coping with addictions, trauma, and depression. He speaks English and Spanish and offers a calm, patient presence for people who are unsure how to begin.
Juan creates a straightforward setting where people can say what they feel without judgment. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person sitting in the room.
Background and approach
He listens closely and helps map out small, doable steps toward relief. His approach draws on client-centered therapy, which centers the conversation on the person's goals and experiences. He also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thinking and practice new responses.
Dialectical behavior techniques are used when stronger emotion regulation or coping skills are needed. Over three decades of practice have exposed him to many ways people get stuck - attachment wounds, panic attacks, loneliness, and trouble managing money or life purpose. He works with each person's situation as unique and practical, focusing on tangible changes rather than labels.
Sessions can include short skill-building exercises, real-time problem solving, and space to talk through painful memories. For Spanish speakers he offers services in Spanish as well as English. Taking the first step is often the hardest part, and he supports people through that initial process.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Juan uses client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on the person's priorities and lived experience. That means the therapist follows the client's lead, asks open questions, and helps the client set goals that matter to them.He also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, a hands-on method for identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, panic attacks, and mood problems because it gives clear practices to try between sessions.
Dialectical behavior therapy techniques are used when someone needs skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, or strengthening interpersonal communication. These skills can be taught and practiced in short exercises during online sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. He collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and comfort level. Treatment plans adapt as progress is made and priorities change.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging - make scheduling easier and allow continuity when life gets busy. Video is good for in-depth conversation and skill practice, phone can be a simpler check-in, live chat suits brief problem solving, and text messaging works for ongoing, convenient support between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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