THERAPY & COACHING IN MISSION VIEJO & THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
You spend a lot of time taking care of everyone else.
You deserve some space for yourself, too.
juliana gallant, LMFT
Taking care of yourself isn’t selfish.
It’s essential.
You may be used to taking care of everyone else, meeting expectations, and trying to keep everything running smoothly. Somewhere along the way, it can become easy to lose sight of what you need.
I believe taking care of yourself allows you to show up more fully for the people and parts of your life that matter to you. Just like putting on your own oxygen mask first, making time to refuel isn’t selfish—it’s necessary.
I also believe there is no such thing as perfect. Trying to be the perfect parent, partner, student, professional—or simply trying to make the “right” decision all the time—can be exhausting. Sometimes the most important work is learning to quiet the pressure, understand yourself better, and trust yourself enough to make choices that are right for you.
what i do
I help people feel more confident managing life’s challenges, relationships, and transitions.
Many of the people I work with are dealing with anxiety, self-doubt, changing relationships, difficult decisions, or the pressure to meet other people’s expectations. Some are entering adulthood and trying to figure out what they want. Others are navigating changes in family, career, relationships, or identity. And many have simply spent so much time taking care of everyone else that they’ve lost touch with themselves.
My role isn’t to tell you what you should do. Together, we’ll look at the thoughts, patterns, and expectations that may be keeping you stuck and develop practical tools to help you manage difficult emotions, communicate more effectively, set healthier boundaries, and feel more confident making your own decisions.
I often incorporate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help you recognize the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and learn to challenge patterns of thinking that may be contributing to anxiety, self-doubt, or overwhelm. Depending on what you need, we may also use mindfulness, breathing and self-regulation techniques, communication skills, and between-session practice.
THERAPY WITH ME IS……
Collaborative & Personal
I want you to feel heard and understood—not judged or analyzed. I listen carefully, ask questions, and work to understand not only what you’re experiencing now, but the experiences and patterns that have helped shape you. I also believe therapy works best when we focus on what feels most important to you, so we’ll regularly check in about what you want to work on.
Practical & Skill-Building
Talking is important, but I also want you to leave therapy with tools you can use outside of our sessions. Depending on your needs, we may use CBT, mindfulness, breathing and self-regulation strategies, communication skills, or between-session practice to help you respond differently to the situations that are causing stress in your everyday life.
Supportive & Gently Challenging
You won’t find judgment or an expectation that you have everything figured out. I’ll support you while also helping you notice patterns, question assumptions, and consider different perspectives. My goal isn’t to tell you what to do, but to help you understand yourself more clearly and feel increasingly confident making your own decisions.
Why this work matters to me
Much of my career has been spent working with adolescents and their families in high school settings. Over the years, I noticed how much pressure many parents—especially mothers—were carrying. They wanted to give their children every possible opportunity and make the “right” decisions, often while juggling careers, relationships, family responsibilities, and everyone else’s needs.
I also saw how difficult it could be when those roles began to change. As children became more independent and eventually left home, many women found themselves wondering what they wanted for themselves after spending so many years focused on their families.
As I’ve moved through this stage of life myself, including the transition to having two adult sons building lives of their own, I’ve come to understand how change can bring a mixture of excitement, uncertainty, sadness, freedom, and questions about what comes next.
While I have a particular interest in supporting women through these transitions, I continue to enjoy working with people at different stages of life. Some of my favorite work has been with young adults figuring out who they want to become, parents learning how to let go, and people facing changes they never expected.
The circumstances may be different, but underneath them are often the same questions: What do I want? What matters to me? And how do I trust myself enough to move forward?
Get the support that’s right for you.
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• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 2007
• Master’s in Counseling Psychology
• Trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Trained in Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
• Certified Social-Emotional Learning Facilitator through Breathe For Change -
• Private Practice Therapist, working with adults, young adults, adolescents, families, and couples
• Therapist at The Missing Peace Center for Anxiety, providing treatment in an intensive outpatient setting
• Director of Counseling and Psychological Services at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
• Director of Counseling and School Therapist at Chaminade College Preparatory
• Coach for The 90 Percent, helping student athletes strengthen mindset and performance
• High School Coordinator for the Santa Monica-UCLA Rape Treatment Center
• Extensive experience providing parent education, workshops, college-transition support, mindfulness programming, and crisis support in school settings
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