Jaime brings CBT, person-centered work, DBT, trauma-informed care, EMDR, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, and family systems concepts to her work with LGBTQ+ clients, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, relationship trauma, identity development, and women healing from abusive relationships.
“I usually start every first session the same way,” she says. “‘Who I am now is who I am outside this room.’ I’m authentic, maybe not as clinical as some. My first priority is developing a trusting, authentic, and collaborative relationship with each client, because I believe techniques alone don’t create change — relationships do.”
She’s candid about what drew her here — “I figured if I couldn’t fix my own ‘crazy,’ maybe I could help others.” That honesty shapes how she talks about therapy itself: “It’s not for ‘crazy’ people. It’s not a black leather couch where you lay and divulge your deepest, darkest secrets to be analyzed. EVERYONE can benefit from therapy. Personally, I think everyone should be assigned a therapist at birth.”
Jaime credits three mentors — Bessie Tadlock-Jimenez, Derrick Gibson, and Jerica Wesley — with shaping her into the therapist she is today, each teaching her to trust her own instincts as much as any clinical technique. If she’s not faith-integrated in a formal sense, she meets clients where they are: “If I know a client is spiritual or religious, I will incorporate it, but it is not ‘faith integration.’”
“Therapy with me will oftentimes feel like having a cup of tea with an old friend,” she says.
