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Jean Juarez

Jean Juarez, LMFT

Therapist in Illinois

Compassionate, practical therapy for everyday challenges

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15 years of experience listed

LMFT professional credentials

English languages

  • Attachment-focused
  • Mindfulness tools
  • CBT strategies

About Jean

Jean Juarez is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of clinical experience. She approaches therapy with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Jean centers the conversation on each person's needs and helps build a practical path forward.

Jean has worked with people facing addiction, relationship strain, family conflict, and trauma and abuse. She also helps with stress, anxiety, depression, self esteem, parenting challenges, career shifts, and coping with life changes. She identifies as an ally to the LGBT community and supports people navigating gender dysphoria and related concerns.

Her work draws on relational ideas about attachment and on client-centered methods that keep the person's goals in view. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking and mindfulness practices to strengthen present-moment coping. These approaches are adapted to the situation and the person rather than applied the same way to everyone.

Jean emphasizes a collaborative process where the plan is shaped together. She tailors conversations and goals to what a person actually wants to change. Small, steady steps are a common part of her work when addressing issues like intimacy, grief, or addiction.

People who choose to work with her can expect straightforward, empathetic conversation and practical tools for day-to-day life. To begin, she asks people to describe what they hope to get out of therapy so sessions can focus on real priorities.

How Jean's approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. Online sessions can be a place to talk through patterns of closeness and distance, and to practice new ways of connecting and communicating.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and building goals that matter to the person. In sessions the therapist follows what the person brings, asking questions and reflecting back to help clarify priorities and values.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jean will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then shape the process collaboratively rather than applying a single method from the start.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, avoid travel time, or choose shorter check-ins when that fits better. Talk with Jean about what will work best for your routine and needs.

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

Credentials

Illinois, California

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Jean help with?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting worries, self esteem, career challenges, addiction, and related family issues.

What is Jean's therapeutic style like?

Her style is collaborative and respectful, combining attachment-based and client-centered work with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness.

How long has she been practicing?

Jean has 15 years of professional experience working with people facing a range of concerns including addictions, family conflict, and trauma.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is an LMFT licensed in California and Illinois and is based in Illinois.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with Jean?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does billing and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Jean?

Click the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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