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LMFT

Jean Juarez, LMFT

  • Experience15 years
  • LocationIllinois
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, LGBT, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Jean

Jean Juarez draws on Internal Family Systems alongside client-centered and attachment-informed work to guide clients through relationship, identity, and trauma-related challenges. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, Jean blends a compassionate, respectful stance with practical strategies shaped by 15 years of clinical practice.

Background and approach

She frames therapy as a collaborative process, tailoring conversation and interventions to each persons needs while remaining attentive to issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, and stress. Her practice includes support for people navigating LGBT concerns, intimacy and relationship struggles, parenting and family dynamics, and the aftereffects of trauma and abuse.

Jean also addresses less visible stresses like shame, attachment wounds, and difficulties with communication, as well as struggles related to substance use, infidelity, or major life transitions. Holding licensure in multiple states, she emphasizes sensitivity and cultural awareness and seeks to create an environment where clients feel acknowledged and respected as they pursue greater clarity and resilience.

Integrating IFS and Attachment Work in Online Therapy

Jean blends Internal Family Systems with attachment-based and client-centered perspectives to guide online work. Internal Family Systems helps map the different parts of a person's inner life and fosters a compassionate inner leadership that can relieve patterns of anxiety, shame, and reactivity. Attachment-based therapy focuses on patterns formed in relationships, exploring how early bonds shape current connection and emotional regulation and helping with intimacy, parenting, and relationship repair. Client-centered therapy provides a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where the client's goals and experience shape the pace and focus of sessions.

Finding the right therapeutic mix is part of the process, and Jean approaches that collaboratively by listening to each client's needs, goals, and preferences and adjusting techniques over time. She aims to help clients experiment with ways of relating to their parts and to others in a manner that feels respectful and workable for them.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These options allow clients to engage in ongoing, consistent work from different settings while fitting therapy into busy schedules and life transitions.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Jean commonly address in sessions?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, family and parenting conflicts, grief, career concerns, ADHD, and a range of related topics such as attachment and communication problems.
What is Jean's therapeutic style and approach?
Jean uses an IFS-informed, client-centered stance and draws on attachment perspectives and cognitive-behavioral elements to tailor work to each clients needs and goals.
How much experience does she bring to therapy?
She has 15 years of professional experience helping people with addictions, relationship struggles, family conflict, trauma, and other life challenges.
What credentials and licensure does Jean hold and where is she based?
Jean is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with licensure details including CA LMFT 40796 and IL LMFT 166.000647, and she practices from Illinois.
In which languages can sessions be conducted and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for online work?
Jean offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to meet with a therapist.
How are fees and payment structured for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in beginning therapy with Jean?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapists availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseDepression

Also works with

Family conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFatherhood issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHoardingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

Illinois, California

Languages

English