Jessica Jobaris,LMHCA

Jessica Jobaris,LMHCA

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Telehealth Available
Professions: Creative Arts Therapist, Mental Health Counselor
License Status: I'm a therapist practicing under supervision.
Primary Credential: LMHCA
Billing and Insurance:

I do not work with insurance companies

Free Initial Phone Consultation
Weekend Availability
Evening Availability

Offices

Seattle, Washington 98102

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My Approach to Helping

Good Grief. Life’s unpredictability, difficult relationships, and traumatic experiences, losses can leave us feeling confused, stuck, anxious, depressed even…hopeless. As a relational therapist, my purpose is to move with you, through your pain, discovering together how the grief you are experiencing might be the precise path towards redemption, wholeness & growth. After all, the human project is the journey of transforming our suffering…the hero’s journey. Let's meet the work of life changes and healing grief...together.
My master's degree specialized in trauma-informed Relational Psychodynamic Therapy. Basically, the therapist and client relate in the 'here and now,' establishing a transformative connection through a supportive presence. I offer the option for clients to engage in either traditional talk therapy or explore other powerful somatic art therapy modalities.
Life IS change. We are all born with an innate capacity to triumph over life's challenges and trauma, ushering in new chapters of our life story. Let's meet the work of our failures, life's bewildering change, of grieving both big and little losses, together, so you can come alive again, aligning in hope. Processing our grief engenders authenticity. And reminds us of the beauty of life's complexity. Let's begin!

More Info About My Practice

I approach therapy through a respectful and ever-evolving awareness of multi-cultural and social justice approaches.

How My Own Struggles Made Me a Better Therapist

I am a childhood abuse survivor, a three-time loss survivor of suicide, and come from a family of addiction. I know the dark side of life, and inner turmoil, and have channeled it to awaken me to a more authentic and joyful adult. Creative practices and the arts have consistently been effective therapeutic tools for me, particularly movement, poetry, and painting. It wasn't until I researched their therapeutic efficacy that I began to understand how it was I survived my own childhood, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse. And traditional talk therapy worked wonders as well! I believe we are here to help each other, even if that means doing the difficult and bewildering work of growing through our pain...together. It is so worth it, and so are y o u !

Ages I Work With

  • Children
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders

Languages

  • English

Groups I Work With

    I have worked with basically every age and decade from small children up through the elderly. I've walked beside children of divorcing parents, young adults entering the workforce, adults of all ages enduring work stress and mistreatment, artists who are struggling with living in a capitalist system, clients suffering from infertility and peripost menopause, lonely elderly clients who have lost their spouses and friends, clients dealing with health issues and autoimmune diagnosis, clients of all ages who have suffered natural and unnatural original trauma, including survivors of suicide attempt and family and friends of those who have died by suicide.

Industries & Communities Served

  • Education
  • Entertainment Industry
  • Self-Employed and Freelance Professionals

Client Concerns I Treat

  • Abuse / Abuse Survivor Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Breakup
  • Career Choice
  • Codependency / Dependency
  • Communication Problems
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Domestic Violence
  • Drug and Alcohol Addiction
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • Fertility Issues
  • Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
  • Inadequacy
  • Obsessions and Compulsions (OCD)
  • Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Suicidal Ideation and Behavior
  • Women's Issues
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Types of Therapy

  • Art Therapy
  • Creative Art Therapy
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Somatic Psychotherapy

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