You deserve to feel comfortable in your mind and body

Online mindfulness-based therapy in California to help you relieve stress and reconnect with yourself.

Online Mindfulness Therapy in California

You’re here because you can’t keep going the way you have been.

You’ve always been the responsible one. The one who makes sure everyone is okay and that things get done (even if they’re not yours to do). You pick up the slack at home and at work. You’re the one putting in the effort in your friendships and relationships.

The stress of all that effort? The anxiety keeps you up at night. You find yourself blowing up and suddenly snapping when you can’t stuff the resentment anymore. Your body is complaining too— chest pains, stomach issues, weight gain, muscle tension.

You need things to change soon:

  • Reduce your stress, anxiety, and overwhelm

  • Develop healthy boundaries in your relationships

  • Go deep and get insights to help you shift long standing dynamics

You deserve to be a priority in your own life.

Hi, I’m Jess and I specialize in helping perfectionists and people pleasers who are struggling with stress and anxiety to stop feeling like your needs come second (if at all) and get gentle, holistic support to create a life where you matter too.

Therapy with me goes deep to change your relationships that just aren’t working for you. You’ll learn how to identify people pleasing tendencies and step out of that dynamic. We’ll explore the core parts of you that struggle to name your needs, value your perspectives, and speak up for yourself. We’ll work through the obstacles that keep you stuck, the messages that make you feel guilty or selfish for wanting more, and the relational shifts you need to make.

My clients walk away from therapy with me feeling like everything has changed.

I often hear from my clients that this is the first kind of therapy that’s really clicked, that they’ve never learned so much about themselves, and that they feel confident they’ll be able to keep up these changes consistently- no matter what happens.

You’ll learn about how your mind works based on the latest psychological neuroscience research. You’ll get in touch with your body to learn how to hear and understand the messages it’s sending you. You’ll tap into your gut intuition and learn how to trust it. With these three centers of intelligence, you’ll feel fully at home with yourself.

And finally, when you’re ready to leave therapy, you’ll feel at peace because you’re equipped to handle anything that comes your way.

Therapy Specialties

  • A scenic landscape featuring a large body of turquoise water surrounded by rolling green and brown hills, with mountains in the background under a cloudy sky.

    Anxiety Therapy

    Learn the instinctual purpose behind anxiety and how the way you respond to worry might be keeping you stuck.

  • A mountain landscape with snow-capped peaks in the background, rolling green hills in the foreground, and a modern building with wooden and stone elements on the hillside.

    Grief Therapy

    Learn to sit with the pain and discomfort of your loss and find yourself again on the other side.

  • Modern building with wooden and metal exterior in a mountainous landscape with wildflowers and two people inside visible through a large glass window.

    Life Transitions

    Navigate changes with peace, learning how to trust yourself as you make choices, deal with obstacles, and learn to adapt.

  • A wooden boathouse on stilts in a serene mountain lake with reflections of surrounding trees and mountains, some clouds and mist in the sky, and a small church in the distance.

    Trauma Therapy

    Learn helpful ways to relate to your past without letting old memories overwhelm the present.

How Therapy Works

 

Let’s start with an introduction.

One thing we know from research is that the most healing part of therapy is the relationship you have with your therapist. Even the most current techniques and scientifically-backed treatments don’t affect therapy outcomes as much as whether or not you feel seen, heard, and understood. That’s why therapy often starts with a free consultation. We can’t fully get to know each other in a quick 20-30 minute video chat, but I’ll structure our time so I can hear a bit about what’s going on for you and you can ask me anything about myself or the therapy process.

We’ll meet weekly for sessions

Meeting weekly at the same time helps build therapy into your routine. We’ll touch base with any new things you noticed, check how the week went, and bring it all back to your goals. Therapy with me stays focused on helping you learn more about yourself, how you use the three centers of intelligence, and using the mindfulness tools to change the way you relate to yourself and others.

We’ll end therapy intentionally

When you’re ready, we’ll switch over to an intentional ending process. This set of sessions is all about helping you maintain the gains you’ve seen through your work in therapy. You’ll feel resilient, trust yourself to handle whatever life throws at you, and be at peace in your mind and body.

You can come back if you need to

When something comes up that you want to talk through, I’m still here. People who have been through therapy with me are welcome to return for just a single session if that’s what you need, or a few sessions of support.

You don’t have to keep struggling against life’s problems. I can help you learn a new, resilient way to live.

I’m looking forward to meeting you. I provide Mindfulness Based Narrative-Existential therapy to people in California who don’t want to keep repeating the same patterns. Together, we’ll transform the way you approach life so you can feel like you’re moving forward and living your values instead of focusing on the problems.