Hi I'm Jess!
I'm a recreational therapist and psychotherapist who helps people using multiple modalities including: EMDR, IFS, meditation, surf therapy, spiritual psychology, and Imago and Gottman Couples therapy. I help my clients process and heal pain and mental illness and then find their strengths and purpose so they can live life to the fullest. I believe there is power in authenticity and vulnerability, so I will tell you that much of my motivation and skill as a therapist comes from my lived experience. As a child, I endured abuse and other traumas which led to depression, addiction, anxiety and PTSD. I have worked my ass off to recover and learned so many helpful strategies and resources in my journey out of that darkness and into my current life full of love, joy and connection. I have been able to lift myself up from the lowest and darkest of places to become a helper and I believe my clients can do the same. As Marcus Aurelius says: "What stands in the way becomes the way." I have learned how to turn challenge into growth and thriving and my passion is to help others do the same. I've been on the path of helping people grow, heal and thrive since 2014 when I began volunteering as a surf therapist while completing my BA in Recreational Therapy at Cal State University Long Beach. I continued on to complete a Masters in Psychology at Brandman University so that I could help clients on a deeper level as an Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. |
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