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- CBT methods
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- Solution-focused goals
About Jendayi
Jendayi Ford is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 11 years of experience helping adults navigate stress and relationship strains. She focuses on practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, parenting pressures, and life changes. She also addresses trauma, grief, addictions, LGBT concerns, and caregiver stress.
Her work is straightforward and goal-oriented. Sessions often focus on identifying small, manageable steps to reduce overwhelm. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness to help people shift unhelpful thinking and lower reactivity. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are used to set realistic goals and track progress.
Jendayi pays attention to how culture, prejudice, and discrimination shape daily life. She brings awareness to multicultural concerns and supports clients coping with compassion fatigue and aging or geriatric issues. Practical questions about parenting, intimacy-related problems, and career strain are part of her regular caseload.
In the room, conversations break problems into doable parts. She helps people build coping plans for anger, ADHD-related challenges, and stress tied to caregiving. Work on self-esteem and intimacy often combines narrative work with concrete behavior change exercises.
Her style is direct and collaborative. Clients who want clear tools, short-term goals, and steady follow-through tend to find this approach useful. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to see how the fit feels.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Jendayi uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions often involve practical exercises and homework to test new ways of thinking and behaving, which can help with anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. Mindfulness techniques can reduce reactivity and help with ongoing stress and grief by building steadier awareness of moment-to-moment experience. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She will discuss goals, preferences, and how you like to learn, then blend CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing or solution-focused tools as needed. This is a collaborative process aimed at clear, achievable steps rather than vague plans. Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins during work breaks, and remove the need to travel to an office. Talk with her during the first appointment about which approach and session rhythm will best fit your home life and schedule.Areas of focus
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, relationship issues, trauma and grief among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses practical, goal-focused methods drawing on CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, narrative and solution-focused techniques.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience as an LCSW working with adults on life changes and coping strategies.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a California LCSW and practices from California.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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