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My Background and Areas of Expertise

Those who may benefit from my expertise and approach to practice:

  • People who identify as Black, African American, and/or part of the African Diaspora

  • People who identify as mixed race and/or multiracial

  • Transgender and gender diverse adults

  • QTBIPOC adults

  • LGBTQIA2S+ adults

  • Late adolescents and young adults (ages 17-25)

  • Athletes and sports professionals

Speciality Areas

  • Anxiety and Panic

  • Depression

  • Trans and Gender Affirming Therapy

  • Healing from Social Trauma (e.g. racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism)

  • Sexuality and Relationships

  • Cultivating Healthy Boundaries in Relationships

  • Codependency 

  • Cross-cultural and Multiracial Relationships and Families

  • Family of Origin Concerns

  • Spiritual Injury/Trauma and Spiritual Life

  • Grief and Loss

  • Sports Mental Health and Performance

Theoretical Orientations

  • Feminist Relational (Collaborative, Strengths-Based, Client-Centered, Anti-oppressive)

  • Psychodynamic

  • Family Systems

  • Trauma-Informed

  • Somatic Based

  • Mindfulness and Meditation

  • Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)

Education and Training

  • California License #88590; Connecticut License #9456

  • Trained in Somatic, Mindfulness, and Trauma-informed Interventions

  • Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) Basic Trained, 2021

  • Post-Masters Fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine, Child Study Center, 2015

  • Masters in Social Work, Crown School of Social Work, University of Chicago, 2013

Areas of Expertise: Credentials
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram

©2024 by A. Jaiza Jones, A.M., LCSW
Photos by David Lowry

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