Juan Maillo

I am a California-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over a decade of experience providing specialized, confidential telehealth. My practice is built to support ambitious individuals—including busy professionals and dedicated college students—navigating high-pressure environments, life transitions, and relationship challenges.

Because your schedule is already packed with work or demanding coursework, I offer dedicated session times outside standard hours, including early mornings and weekends. Whether you are dealing with academic/professional burnout, family-of-origin issues, or deep emotional blocks, I provide a warm, inclusive space to unburden those patterns. I practice fluidly in English, Spanish, and Spanglish, honoring your unique cultural or bicultural lived experience.

My approach is deeply relational and tailored to your specific internal or marital world. I specialize in:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS): For individuals looking to deeply explore and heal the protective patterns, inner critics, and core vulnerabilities (parts) that drive anxiety or emotional blocks.
• Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO): A specialized branch of IFS for couples therapy designed to map and transform stuck communication loops and relational conflict.
• Evidence-Based Grounding: I integrate the structured, goal-oriented strategies of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing.

This blend allows us to achieve deep healing while giving you with practical, day-to-day tools for common struggles and relationship challenges.

Our first session is a gentle, structured space focused entirely on understanding where you are right now and outlining a personalized treatment roadmap.

For individuals, we will immediately begin mapping the internal symptoms or perfectionist patterns you want to unburden. For couples, we track the specific sequences where your communication breaks down.

You will walk away from our very first hour with a sense of relief, a clear understanding of how our work will function, and concrete clarity on the path forward.