- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Life purpose work
About Gaea
Gaea Coon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with eight years of professional experience. She works with adults who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, and the strain of life changes. She also focuses on issues of guilt and shame, questions about life purpose, and building greater self-love.
Gaea approaches sessions as a collaborative process. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. In practical sessions she listens, asks focused questions, and helps people test small changes they can try between meetings.
Her work often centers on clarifying what matters now after a shift in work, relationships, or health. Conversations may include looking at patterns that keep people stuck, naming values, and practicing different ways of responding in tense moments. She aims for clear, concrete steps rather than abstract talk.
People who want help sorting a next step or making sense of mixed feelings may find this approach useful. Sessions move at a steady pace, with time for reflection and action planning. Gaea explains ideas plainly and checks in about whether suggested strategies feel doable.
She offers services from California and conducts sessions in English. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and a first appointment is scheduled through the site. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
Therapeutic approaches and what online sessions look like
Two evidence-based ways of working she commonly uses are brief skills practice and values clarification. Skills practice focuses on teaching concrete tools for managing stress and anxiety, such as grounding techniques and paced breathing, and then trying them between sessions to see what helps. Values clarification involves clarifying what matters most right now and using those values to guide small, practical decisions when someone feels stuck.She also draws on trauma-informed conversation styles that prioritize pacing and safety when addressing trauma and abuse. That means slowing down, checking in about how a topic feels, and breaking larger issues into manageable steps. Choosing the right mix of approaches is collaborative; the therapist and client decide together based on the client’s goals, what feels doable, and what makes sense in session.
Session formats are not specified in the original biography, so readers should confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life - for example, shorter check-ins can be scheduled during a break, video sessions allow face-to-face conversation without travel, and phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals can adapt pacing, homework assignments, and session length to match a person’s routine and goals during online work.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
8+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on guilt and shame, life purpose, and self-love.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She treats clients as experts and uses focused questions and small experiments to test change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of professional experience working with adults on the listed concerns.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and provides services from that state.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working together?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.