About Sequoia
Sequoia San Juan offers calm, practical support for people carrying overwhelm. She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Her approach aims to make heavy feelings easier to name and manage so daily life feels more livable.
Sequoia uses simple tools drawn from Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, along with mindfulness and motivational interviewing. Sessions focus on clear skills you can try between meetings and on understanding the stories that shape how you respond to stress.
Background and approach
Conversations move at a steady, respectful pace so clients feel heard rather than rushed. She brings seven years of clinical experience and holds an LPCC, which is the credential listed for her California practice. That background informs a practical style that balances emotion-focused listening with problem-solving steps.
Sequoia guides people toward clearer choices and small, steady changes. In sessions she listens for the patterns that keep people stuck and then works collaboratively to shift them. Clients may practice grounding exercises, reframe unhelpful thinking, or try focused behavioral steps that reduce panic and worry.
The work also looks at life meaning and communication habits when relationships feel strained. People seeking help for isolation, social anxiety, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, life purpose, or low self-love will find a therapist who emphasizes compassion and clarity. Sequoia aims to help clients build skills, strengthen their voice, and carry less of the burden they’ve been holding.
How approach and online formats work together
Sequoia commonly integrates Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting what matters to the client, which helps build trust and clarify goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and offers concrete steps people can try to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens collaboratively. She will listen to your goals and preferences, suggest methods that fit your needs, and adjust over time if something is not helping. That shared decision-making helps shape sessions that feel useful and realistic for day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you work face to face from any room; phone sessions can fit into a short break and use less bandwidth; live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, building momentum between sessions, or when written reflection helps. These options make it easier to maintain steady access to a licensed professional while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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What this counselor works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English