Zerly Justiniano, LMFT

Zerly Justiniano is a California-licensed LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) with 20 years of professional experience supporting people through life transitions and emotional challenges. She works with stress and anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and depression, drawing on a deep history of clinical practice to help clients develop coping skills and rebuild connection.

Her practice also includes focused work on abandonment and attachment issues, codependency, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, multicultural concerns, narcissism, women's issues, workplace difficulties, and challenges common to young adults. Bilingual in English and Spanish, she is prepared to work with clients who prefer either language.

Zerly holds a collaborative view of therapy, believing that each person is the expert of their own story and that existing strengths are essential resources for change. She recognizes that taking the first step toward a more fulfilling life requires courage, and she positions herself as a supportive partner in that process, helping clients identify goals, build resilience, and move toward greater well-being.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Zerly Justiniano uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person's needs. She offers trauma-informed approaches that help people process experiences of abuse and loss, build safety in their emotional responses, and develop strategies for coping with grief. She also applies attachment-focused work to address abandonment, codependency, and relationship patterns, helping clients understand how early dynamics shape current connections. In addition, she uses skills-based strategies for stress, anxiety, and depression that focus on practical tools to manage symptoms and change unhelpful patterns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Zerly works with clients to identify their goals, assess what is most helpful, and adapt methods over time so therapy fits the individual’s preferences and life circumstances.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, maintain continuity of care, and engage in therapy from locations that feel comfortable, while still working with licensed professionals and therapists who tailor treatment to each client’s needs.