Jamie Hood

Jamie Hood is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She brings nine years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and anger. Her style is direct and practical, with an emphasis on clear goals and everyday strategies.

Jamie draws on work across community programs and private practice. She has provided individual and group therapy in a shelter for pregnant and unhoused women, and she has offered counseling in school-based services for youth ages 5 to 18. These roles involved case coordination, crisis work, and collaborating with school staff and community agencies.

In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and Solution-Focused work to set short-term goals. She also weaves in attachment, existential, and mindfulness techniques when helpful to build self-esteem and reduce symptoms.

Jamie values ongoing learning and has completed additional trainings relevant to trauma, eating concerns, play therapy, and crisis intervention. She is a certified marital and premarital therapist through Prepare and Enrich and mentions training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing alongside other continuing education.

Outside the room she runs, rock climbs, and spends time with her two young children. She says her own health journey with Type 1 diabetes informs her interest in chronic illness and its emotional impact. Jamie aims to offer a supportive, goal-oriented partnership for people ready to make practical changes.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Jamie often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns that lead to distress. CBT is practical and problem-focused, which can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and everyday coping. She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at relationship patterns that developed early in life and influence how people connect now; this work can be useful for intimacy concerns, communication problems, and relationship repair.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jamie will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, life situation, and comfort level. She aims to tailor techniques and pacing so clients move toward clear, achievable changes together with the therapist.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find remote sessions useful for steady progress on stress, anger, and relationship goals when combined with homework, mindfulness practice, and goal-setting between meetings.