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You don’t have to figure everything out on your own.

Life can feel especially overwhelming when you’re navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, a high-conflict divorce, caregiving, grief, or a major life transition. You may feel emotionally exhausted, stuck, or unsure of what to do next. Therapy can provide a supportive, judgment-free space to slow down, process what you’re experiencing, and develop practical tools to move forward.

I’m Ellen Jacob, LCSW, CDP, and I provide warm, person-centered, trauma-informed therapy for teens, adults, and older adults. My approach is collaborative and tailored to you—not a one-size-fits-all treatment plan. Depending on your needs, we may incorporate CBT, DBT, ACT, attachment-based approaches, mindfulness, and other evidence-informed strategies.

I have particular experience supporting clients through anxiety, depression, high-conflict divorce and separation, co-parenting stress, relationship concerns, grief and loss, caregiving, dementia-related challenges, parenting concerns, and major life changes. As a Certified Dementia Practitioner and grief-trained clinician, I also understand how deeply caregiving and loss can affect the entire family.

Whether you’re struggling with constant worry, trying to establish healthier boundaries, adjusting to a new chapter, supporting a loved one, or simply feeling like you need someone in your corner, therapy can be a place to begin.

You don’t need to have the answers before you start. We can work through them together.

Hi everyone, my name is Kim, but I go by my middle name Kristy. I have a passion for helping people, I do specialize in trauma but have worked in most areas of mental health. My education is in clinical psychology and clinical mental health counseling.

Therapy should be a place where you can talk honestly about the things that are difficult to say out loud without being judged or reduced to a diagnosis—or to the hardest chapter of your life.

I work with adults and couples experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, suicidal thoughts, sexual trauma, intimacy and sexual-health concerns, grief, life transitions, military and veteran concerns, first-responder stress, and relational distress. Relational distress can include communication breakdown, recurring conflict, loss of trust, emotional distance, intimacy concerns, separation or divorce-related stress, changes within a family, parenting-related strain, or simply reaching a point where you are unsure how to move forward.

My role in therapy is to help you understand what is happening, identify what you want to change, strengthen your ability to respond differently, and work toward healthier functioning and relationships. My clinical style is direct, collaborative, trauma-informed, practical, and shame-free.

I am independently licensed for clinical social-work practice in Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Florida; EMDR-trained; a Certified Psychosexual Assessment Specialist (CPAS); a Board-Certified Forensic Mental Health Evaluator (CFMHE); a Board-Certified Forensic Psychometrist (CFP); and a U.S. Army veteran.

My broader professional practice includes forensic mental-health evaluation and consultation. Those services are separate from psychotherapy. Once I am retained as your treating therapist and a clinical treatment relationship has been established, I cannot also serve as your forensic evaluator, expert witness, or child-custody evaluator in the same matter. Therapy is treatment-focused and is intended to support your clinical needs—not to generate an independent forensic opinion for litigation.

I want you to know that my role is to support you with compassion, respect, and evidence‐based care. I take the time to listen closely so I can understand what you’re experiencing and what matters most to you. My approach is collaborative—I believe treatment works best when we make decisions together. I’m here to provide a safe, nonjudgmental space where you can speak openly and feel heard. My goal is to help you move toward stability, confidence, and a better quality of life.

Hi, I’m Iris, a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. I work with adults who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, mood changes, attention difficulties, or stress that’s making daily life harder than it should be.

My approach is warm, collaborative, and focused on the whole person. I believe mental health care should go beyond simply treating symptoms. Together, we’ll explore the factors that may be affecting how you feel—from life stressors and sleep to hormonal changes and metabolic health—and create a treatment plan tailored specifically to you.

In addition to psychiatric medication management, I also incorporate hormone-informed mental health care and medical weight management, recognizing how closely emotional well-being, hormones, and physical health are connected.

My goal is for you to feel heard, supported, and empowered with a clear path forward.

You don’t have to navigate this alone—support is here when you’re ready.