- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Grief
About Jamie
Jamie Pereira is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California who focuses on practical help for everyday struggles. She draws on five years as a clinical social worker and broader professional experience in health-related settings to support people facing stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and addiction. Parents seeking guidance around parenting issues will find down-to-earth strategies they can try between sessions.
She helps people cope with grief, loss, and the emotional fallout of serious medical diagnoses.
Background and approach
Jamie also supports those managing bipolar disorder, depression, trauma and PTSD symptoms, and compassion fatigue from caregiving or high-stress work. Sessions aim to build on a person’s strengths and lived experience rather than lecture them. Jamie emphasizes collaborative goal-setting and straightforward tools.
That can mean short-term skills for calming anxiety, routines to improve sleep and eating, or steps to reduce risky behaviors tied to substance use. She tailors ideas to what fits a person’s life and priorities. Her approach is practical and paced to each person’s readiness for change.
Conversations include looking at triggers, rehearsing new responses, and planning small experiments between sessions. The aim is steady progress that feels manageable. People who want a therapist who listens, normalizes tough feelings, and offers concrete next steps may find her style helpful.
Jamie works with English-speaking clients and accepts international clients for online sessions.
What Jamie works with
Everything Jamie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jamie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Jamie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach is skills-based work to manage anxiety and mood symptoms; this involves learning breathing and grounding techniques, pacing activity, and testing small behavioral changes to improve daily functioning. Another frequent focus is relapse prevention and coping strategies for addictions, which means identifying triggers, planning alternatives, and rehearsing new responses to high-risk situations.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss symptoms, goals, and preferences and then try methods that match the person's needs. Together they monitor what helps and adjust the plan over time to find what works best.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit care into busy schedules. Video sessions let people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Chat and messaging let someone share thoughts between appointments or use shorter, more frequent touchpoints. These options make therapy more accessible and flexible for different routines and needs.
Questions people ask about Jamie
What concerns does Jamie help with?
Jamie works with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, trauma and PTSD, and related issues like sleep, eating, anger, and self-esteem.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, focusing on short-term skills, routines, and small experiments that fit into everyday life.
What professional background does she bring?
She has five years as a Clinical Social Worker and additional years working in mental health and medical settings before her LCSW practice.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
Jamie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California and provides services from that base.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Jamie?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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