About Sergio
Sergio Ibanez is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in California who helps people manage anxiety, stress, and relationship pain. He speaks English and Spanish and brings seven years of clinical experience to each session. Sergio focuses on practical steps that people can use right away.
He listens first, then works with clients to set clear goals. Conversations are tailored to each person's needs and paced so clients feel understood while making steady progress.
Background and approach
His work includes trauma and abuse recovery, where he blends talk-based support with structured techniques. He also supports people facing depression, low self-esteem, or life transitions like midlife change and questions about purpose. Sergio pays attention to how past attachment and abandonment experiences affect present relationships.
Clients may address communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, or struggles with isolation and loneliness. He also offers help for issues tied to immigration, HIV/AIDS, and caregiving stress. Sessions aim to build skills for calmer thoughts, steadier relationships, and more confidence.
Sergio takes a respectful and compassionate approach. He frames therapy as a collaborative process and adjusts the pace and methods to fit each person. Taking the first step can feel hard, and he focuses on clear next steps to keep momentum moving forward.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding first, then shaping sessions around what the client wants to work on; it helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort through feelings and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them, which can help with anxiety, stress, and depression. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, uses structured processing to address traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity, often alongside talk-based support.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try methods that match those needs. This is a collaborative process and the plan can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are good for full sessions with visual cues. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief check-ins, homework support, or conversations when scheduling is tight. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using approaches like CBT or EMDR in real time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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