You deserve a life where your needs get more than whatever’s left of you.
Online Therapy & EMDR for High Achievers Navigating Family Expectations, Relationship Struggles & Past Hurt · Across California
“There is always a mix of learning, fun, challenges, and genuineness that makes Jamie above the rest.”
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You’ve listened to the podcasts, unpacked your childhood, and still say “I’m great!” when you’re exhausted in a way sleep doesn’t fix. You’ve been running on emergency reserves for so long that letting anyone see the cracks feels like failing.
Understanding the pressure doesn’t take it off your shoulders, so we work on how to respond when it shows up, without pushing what you need aside.
Testimonials
The difference, in their words.
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“I have better boundaries, healthy relationships, and most importantly, better self-regard for myself.”
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“Jaime is an easy person to talk to. She listens, and her compassion is felt.”
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“What immediately gained my attention was her life experience, which was vast and full of variety.”
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”Her knowledge beyond just therapeutic work creates a space where my curiosity in relationship to myself and the world can be thoroughly investigated.”
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Take 15 minutes for yourself with a free, no-pressure chat about what’s going on and what you want life to feel like.
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What This Work Feels Like
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Feeling seen and supported, opening up to family without guilt, and finally enjoying your success because it’s something you chose, not something you owed.
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Grounded in 15 years in mental health and cultural understanding, I bring honest feedback, results-driven tools, and EMDR when appropriate to help you trust your next move.
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Leave your first session with a clearer direction and one tool you can use right away when familiar pressures show up.
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You’re not alone in this. We’ll build a plan around your life and goals, with clear next steps and support along the way.
Everyone says you’re doing so well, so why doesn’t it feel that way?
✦ Someone asks how you’re really doing. You almost tell them, then say “Just busy, can’t complain!” and turn the conversation back to them.
✦ You say “Sure, I can do that,” feel resentment before you’ve hung up, then feel guilty for being annoyed.
✦ You spend an hour helping someone through a crisis, then realize they never asked how you were doing.
✦ You can lead a meeting, but one disappointed comment from a parent or partner leaves you feeling like a kid who did something wrong.
✦ Everyone says you’re doing well. You sit in the quiet, wondering why the life you worked so hard for still doesn’t feel like yours.
✦ You hear yourself use the same sharp tone you grew up with, see someone you love go quiet, and think, “I promised myself I wouldn’t do that.”
Because you’ve figured out a lot on your own. You deserve help turning that understanding into change. You may already understand your patterns. You know where some of this comes from.
You’ve read the “life-changing” books from LinkedIn, talked it through in therapy, and rehearsed how you’ll handle the next family chat.
Then someone sounds disappointed, your stomach drops, and you push your own feelings aside to keep showing up for everyone else until there’s nothing left of you to give.
Through depth-oriented therapy (narrative, Gestalt, existential-experiential, and EMDR when it fits), we slow down and get to what's underneath the overwhelm. Real, warm, and yes, this actually works.
We’ll make room for what you want to honor about your family and culture and what you want to change, with honest guidance and a pace we choose together.
More trust in yourself, relationships that give back, and a life that feels like yours.
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Free 15-Minute Consult
A no-pressure chat about what’s been going on and what you’d like to feel different, ask your questions, and get a feel for how we’d work together.
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Leave Your First Session Knowing Where to Start
In our first session, we’ll make sense of what you’re carrying, sketch a plan together, and choose one tool you can put to use right away.
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Find Your North Star
Get clear on the life you want, untangle old expectations, and practice choices that reflect your values, with EMDR when appropriate to address past experiences.
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Make the Plan Work for You
We’ll look at what’s changing in your everyday life, talk honestly about what isn’t, and adjust together. You have a say at every step.
Hi, I’m Jaime Reeves, LMFT. You can give me the real answer to “How are you?”
I’m here to help you untangle old expectations, trust what matters to you, and turn “I know why I do this” into “I can do this differently.”
EMDR · Practical tools · Honest support that moves you forward
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✦ About 15 years in mental health.
✦ Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, licensed in California.
✦ Author of The Boundaries Journal: Prompts and Practices for Healthier Relationships and a Happier You.
✦ Cultural understanding grounded in lived experience, supporting Black American adults, first and second-generation adults, and those navigating strict religious upbringings.
✦ Experience beyond the therapy room, with a background in radio, television, and music, plus therapeutic work with engineers, creatives, and various professionals.
✦ EMDR-trained.
FAQs
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We’ll look at what happens when you try to do something differently, whether guilt takes over, you shut down, or an old expectation pulls you back in. Then we’ll work on tools you can use in those moments and check what’s actually changing.
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Your family, culture, and beliefs belong in the conversation. I bring lived experience as a Black American woman and experience working with first- and second-generation adults and people raised in strict faith communities. I’ll make room for the specifics of your story as we sort through what you want to honor and what you’re ready to change.
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We start by talking about whether it fits your needs and building tools to help you feel grounded before processing difficult experiences. I’ll explain the process, check in with you, and we’ll decide together how to proceed.
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Individual sessions are $230, extended individual sessions are $260, and EMDR sessions are $280.
Have questions about payment options? We can talk through them during your free consult.
Openings available virtually across California.
Currently accepting a limited number of new clients so I can give our work the time, attention, and thought it deserves.