Ayanna Jarrett, LMFT

Ayanna Jarrett believes people are meant to help one another grow, adapt, and pursue more fulfilling lives. She recognizes that life’s peaks and valleys can produce intense emotional pain and has pursued professional training in a broad range of therapeutic modalities to guide people toward improved mental health. She emphasizes that no single method fits everyone - change typically emerges from personal choice combined with new ways of approaching life’s challenges, fostering lasting transformation.

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), a clinician trained to address relationship and family systems, she concentrates on the parts of a person’s life that are not functioning well and supports targeted change. Her core methods include Narrative Family Therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), along with solution-focused strategies. She also uses any evidence-informed approach that best aligns with a client’s goals.

She has worked with people facing grief and loss, narcissistic abuse, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety and stress, blended family concerns, parenting children with disabilities, and marriage counseling. Her therapeutic style is warm, lighthearted, inviting and nonthreatening, while remaining committed to helping clients develop new life skills and greater emotional stability. She encourages patience with the healing process and recognizes that unlearning long-standing, dysfunctional patterns takes time. She is prepared to work alongside those who are ready to take that step.

How Ayanna’s Approaches Work Online

Ayanna often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, stress, and everyday challenges. It offers practical tools for changing responses to difficult situations.

She also uses dialectical behavior therapy techniques to teach skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness. These tools can be especially helpful for people coping with overwhelming feelings or relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Ayanna collaborates with each person to explore which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds so the work stays responsive and client-centered.

Online therapy with Ayanna is available by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving flexibility to fit appointments into busy schedules and different lifestyles. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, attend sessions from home or on the go, and access licensed professionals when in-person visits are impractical. Online work can support steady skill building and ongoing problem solving in ways that integrate with everyday life.