Jean Juarez, LMFT
Illinois · 15 years in practice
Jean Juarez is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, Illinois
- 166.000647 · expires February 2027
- LMFT, California
- 40796 · expires January 2028
- NPI
- 1932829199 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Jean
Jean Juarez is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of experience. She draws on a few complementary approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Jean centers respect and sensitivity in the room and affirms LGBTQ+ identities.
She adapts conversations and strategies to fit each person's situation. Sessions focus on practical steps you can try between meetings. Jean helps people who are coping with relationship strain, parenting challenges, career stresses, grief, and the ripple effects of past abuse.
Background and approach
Jean uses ideas from existential therapy to help people find meaning when life feels confusing or empty. Attachment-based ideas guide work on patterns that repeat in relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers concrete tools for changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going.
Her background includes work with addiction, domestic violence, and family-of-origin issues. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment wounds, infidelity, and gender dysphoria. The aim is to build safety, clearer communication, and practical coping skills.
Jean holds a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential in Illinois and California. She keeps sessions straightforward and focused, and she will collaborate with you to shape goals and next steps.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Jean lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Jean names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online work
Jean draws on existential therapy to help people name the big questions they face and find personal meaning when life feels unsettled. This approach can help with feelings of emptiness, major life changes, and questions about identity. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and communication. It helps people notice recurring dynamics and practice new ways of relating. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and building trust so clients can explore their concerns at their own pace.Choosing the right approach is often collaborative. Jean will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they adjust methods over time so sessions match the issues at hand and what the person finds helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions take less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, emotional support between sessions, or when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options aim to make consistent care easier to fit into a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Jean help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship problems, grief, parenting and career challenges. Additional focus areas include addiction, attachment issues, infidelity, and gender dysphoria.
What is Jean's therapeutic style like?
Her approach blends existential, attachment-based, client-centered, cognitive behavioral, and mindfulness methods. Sessions aim to be respectful, practical, and tailored to each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Jean has 15 years of professional experience working with people facing relationship issues, family conflict, addictions, and trauma.
Where is Jean licensed and based?
She holds a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential in California and Illinois and practices from Illinois.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How are costs handled for therapy?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Jean?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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