Are you struggling with:
Your relationship feeling stuck.
Familiar patterns playing out?
You keep tripping over the same issues. It's so frustrating. But hidden fears keep them from resolving.
I get it. Your heart is on the line. When the most important relationships we have are in pain - whether with a loved one or the one with our self - it is incredibly painful.
Emotional pain gets registered in the same region of the brain as physical pain. You're not crazy: It. really. does. hurt.
As your therapist, I help guide toward honest communication within yourself and between each other.
In EFT, we call it the "within and between."
My goal is to help you get clearer. To help you get stronger in the art of staying with vulnerability. This helps in expressing your needs. Then enables you to be there for your partner's complex emotions too, so you can both feel confident aiming toward the life you want.
As you deepen your connection with yourself and your loved ones, I'll be holding the lantern overhead so you can finally move forward.
Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing.
Audre Lorde
Trained in EFT, I specialize in couples counseling & individual therapy, helping clients rebuild their most precious bonds.
Approach
I primarily work using EFT, a beautiful model which helps folks dive in to understand patterns getting played out especially when conflict arises. I also use a strengths-based approach with an attachment and psychodynamic lens. I help you explore limiting societal messages while also exploring your attachment history, helping you to align yourself with your own core values.
I maintain a sex-positive and all inclusive stance toward orientation – including issues related to sexuality, heteronormativity, oppression, and gender performance. I am an unflinching ally of the LGBTQI community, believing we can fight back against the norms that aim to tell individuals and couples how to live their lives.
About
Before beginning my own therapeutic journey, I lived on autopilot. Sure, I made choices for myself. Some were even brazen! But mostly, they were strategic, proving to myself and the world I was in control, self-reliant. Safe. A trauma response moving me at breakneck speed, making decisions that weren’t always in my best interest. One day, I stared myself down in the mirror: what was in my control, what wasn't. What did I really want? Turned out, I too had the right to discernment.
I found my way back to my original life goal: to help others find trust in themselves again. I wanted to help people - individuals or couples - find their way out of repetitive cycles working against them.
* A couple struggling to improve communication skills. You used to navigate challenges together but underneath the built up resentments you feel, hurt & hopelessness. You're wondering why there isn't a button just called RESET.
* An Individual asking yourself: why has self-doubt gotten so loud?
It invisibilizes you when you used to be a creative go-getter.
* In an important relationship, familial or romantic, with a history of an attachment injury (wounding, trauma, or betrayal) and doubt whether your bond will hold.
* A seeker, an adventurer, curious about yourself and ready to dive in. You've been told by those who know you, you can be hard on yourself, extra high achieving, organized, goal-setting perfectionist, yet flounder in the world of relationshipping.
However you are showing up today, your inner voice (whether you hear it yet or not) already knows the way.
Our goal in therapy will be to help you turn up the volume on that dial.
You May Be:
You will never be able to escape from your heart.
So it's better to listen to what it has to say.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Background & Approach
I grew up in LA. I also worked in Hollywood for two decades, and apply my understanding of the industry in how I support creatives who are working toward artistic goals and find themselves stuck somewhere in the middle of their path.
I have my B.A. from UC Berkeley and M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University LA. I am trained in Emotionally Focussed Therapy, an attachment based model helping people understand their cycles.
I bring an integrated approach to my work.
I've trained at Southern California Counseling Center, trained with Pacific Gestalt Institute, counseled elementary children in Burbank, CA, am a certified Yoga Instructor, trained in TRI (trauma resilience model) and a member of ICEEFT, EFT Center of LA, MontanaEFT, PGI, CAMFT & APA.
Fees
Individual (50 mins) is $200
Couples (75+ mins) begins at $250
It is important that the therapist you find feels deeply helpful for you, which is why I offer a complimentary initial phone consultation.
Once you become a client, a dedicated weekly time slot will be set aside for you.
I am not in-network with insurance providers but can supply Superbills which you submit for reimbursement.
If you have insurance, please contact your insurance provider to find out if they will accept a Superbill from out-of-network mental health providers. See the FAQs below for more information on what you can ask them specifically.
FAQs
Jennifer Davis
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist 164419
Your Rights
Under Section 2799B-6 of the public Health Service Act, Health Care Providers and Health Care Facilities are required to inform individuals who are not enrolled in a plan or coverage or a federal health care program, or not seeking to File a claim with their plan or coverage both orally and in writing of their ability, upon request or at the time of scheduling health care items and services, to receive a "Good Faith Estimate of Expected Charges."
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You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” explaining how much your medical and mental health care will cost.
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Under the law, healthcare providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services.
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You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.
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You can ask your healthcare provider, and any other provider you choose, for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service.
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If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate.
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For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.