Jamie Hood, LMFT

Jamie Hood is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in California with nine years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, self-esteem issues, addictions, trauma and grief. Jamie also works with concerns like intimacy, eating difficulties, anger, career stress, depression, ADHD, and life changes.

She trained with a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and has worked in private practice and community settings. Her background includes counseling at a shelter for pregnant and homeless women, where she provided individual and group work for people coping with substance use, domestic violence, anxiety, depression, and codependency. She also provided school-based counseling for youth and coordinated with school staff and community agencies on case management and crisis matters.

In session she often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. She pairs this with a solution-focused stance that keeps work on present goals and clear next steps. Jamie also draws on attachment, existential, and mindfulness principles when those fit the concern.

Her practice includes work with parenting and family-related stress, family-of-origin patterns, communication problems, and young adult issues. She notes experience supporting people facing chronic illness and chronic pain alongside emotional challenges.

Outside of clinical work she is a runner, rock climber, and parent. She mentions being a recently diagnosed person with Type 1 diabetes and continues to learn about the mental and practical impact of chronic health conditions.

How Jamie’s approaches translate to online work