Gerardo Puga Cervantes, LMFT

California · 10 years in practice

Gerardo Puga Cervantes is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship struggles.

License and registration

LMFT, California: 51224 · expires August 2027
NPI: 1659593192 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English, Spanish

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 Gerardo

Gerardo Puga Cervantes is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship struggles. He works in English and Spanish and aims to build a calm, respectful space where clients feel heard and understood. Gerardo emphasizes a client-centered approach.

That means he listens for each person’s priorities and treats them as the expert on their own life. He takes a nonjudgmental stance and focuses on building strong rapport early on so clients can speak openly about hard topics.

Background and approach

Over a decade as an LMFT in California has given him experience with many concerns. He has worked with mood issues, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and challenges around identity and sexuality. He also supports people dealing with workplace stress, caregiver fatigue, ADHD, and life transitions.

Gerardo draws on several practical approaches to meet different needs. He uses existential ideas to help people find meaning in change, cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behavior, and attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings and choices. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.

Clients can expect to talk about what matters now, try skills between sessions, and revisit what’s working. Gerardo offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing support.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Gerardo lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
LGBT
Relationship issues
Depression
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Self-harm
Sex addiction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Workplace issues

Approaches Gerardo names

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Online support

Approaches that translate to online care

Gerardo uses Existential Therapy to help people face big questions about meaning, responsibility, and change. That approach can be useful when life transitions, grief, or a sense of stuckness are central concerns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and on taking steps toward valued goals; it is practical for anxiety, stress, and behavior change.

He also uses Attachment-Based Therapy ideas to look at how relationship patterns shape emotions and choices, which can help with communication problems, trust issues, and self-worth concerns. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client talk about goals, try methods in sessions, and adjust what they do together based on what helps most.

Online formats here include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full session when visual connection matters. Phone sessions take less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or messaging supports quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing notes between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?

He works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, ADHD and related life changes.

What is the general therapeutic style?

The approach is client-centered and nonjudgmental, focusing on building rapport and helping clients guide the work based on their goals.

What experience does he bring to sessions?

Gerardo has ten years of practice as an LMFT in California and practical experience with mood disorders, personality concerns, addictive behavior, and relationship issues.

What credentials and location information are provided?

He is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing in California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and international clients may be accepted.

How are sessions delivered online?

Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are fees and payments handled?

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

What steps start the process of working together?

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