Healing Starts Here

Juniper Counseling & Wellness


Compassionate online therapy designed to help you rediscover balance, build resilience, and move forward in today’s modern world.

I provide integrative psychotherapy that honors culture, identity, and lived experience. My practice supports individuals, seniors, caregivers, families, and LGBTQ+ community members seeking healing, reconnection, stability, and personal growth. 

Therapy should be accessible to everyone and not a privilege.

Highlights

  • Private pay

  • Accept Medi-Cal insurance

  • Bilingual: English & Spanish

  • Trauma-informed care

  • Seniors & caregiver support

  • LGBTQ+ affirming

Request a free 30-minute consultation

Why I Am a Therapist?

I became a therapist because I witnessed how storytelling, connection, and compassionate listening can transform suffering into meaning and growth. Throughout my life, I have seen how people survive migration, loss, family conflict, and systemic barriers while continuing to care for others. Therapy, for me, is a space where people can slow down, feel seen, and reconnect with their strengths and community.

My goal is to create a safe and collaborative environment where clients feel respected, understood, and empowered to move toward healing and greater balance in their lives.

  • Latino, bilingual (English and Spanish) therapist

  • Community mental health background

  • Experience working with seniors and families

  • MFT- Integral Counseling Psychology, CIIS

  • Social justice & liberation psychology lens

Approach 

My work is grounded in a person-centered orientation, using a calm and steady presence as the basis for therapeutic orientation. I position myself beside my clients rather than directing them, relying on reflection, attuned observation, and attention to bodily cues to support their internal process. I maintain a witnessing stance rather than a corrective one, where I can create conditions in which clients can access their own resources and move at their own pace. This approach prioritizes safety and regulation as the foundation for deeper work, emphasizing the client’s autonomy and inherent capacity for growth. It also maintains a consistent focus on present-moment experience as the primary source of therapeutic information.

I prioritize establishing safety and regulation before engaging in deeper work. Goals are developed collaboratively based on the client’s stated needs and internal process, and are adjusted as their capacity and insight evolve. The treatment plan remains flexible, allowing the client’s moment-to-moment experience to guide the direction and depth of the work.

  • Integral Counseling Psychology

  • Somatic awareness

  • Psycho-education therapy

  • Person-Centered therapy

  • Liberation psychology

  • Trauma-informed care

  • Mindfulness & body awareness

Services Offered

Individual Therapy

Individual therapy offers a supportive space to explore personal challenges, emotions, and life transitions. Together, we can work to increase self-understanding, develop coping skills, and strengthen emotional resilience.

Common areas of support include:

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Trauma and stress

  • Life transitions and identity exploration

  • Self awareness

  • Grief and loss

  • Immigration and cultural adjustment

  • Self-esteem and personal growth

Couples Therapy

Couples therapy focuses on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection. I support partners in understanding patterns that create conflict while helping them develop healthier ways of relating to one another while respecting individual identities.

Couples therapy may help with:

  • Communication difficulties

  • Conflict resolution

  • Intimacy and emotional connection

  • Cultural differences

  • Life transitions and family stress

  • Healing after betrayal, disconnection and new directions 

Family Therapy

Family therapy creates a space where family members can better understand one another and work toward healthier relationships. Sessions focus on improving communication, addressing intergenerational patterns, and supporting families through change.

Family therapy can support:

  • Parent–child conflicts

  • Intergenerational stress

  • Single parenting

  • Caregiving challenges

  • Cultural and migration-related stress

  • Strengthening family bonds

Your Questions, Answered

How do I schedule my first online session?

Simply send us an email or call us to schedule an appointment.

Do you accept insurance?

We operate on a MediCal coverage and private-pay model to keep our sessions flexible and confidential. Upon request, we can provide a superbill you may submit to your insurance for potential reimbursement.

What technology do I need for virtual therapy?

Any computer, tablet, or smartphone with a stable internet connection, camera, and microphone will work. Our platform is HIPAA-compliant and easy to access through your browser—no downloads required.

Let's Work Together

Julio Soriano, M.A. in Counseling Psychology (CIIS)

Every journey starts with a single step. Reach out today for a complimentary 30-minute consultation and discover how I can support your goals.