LCSW, 3 years of experience
I am an experienced and compassionate Licensed Clinical Social Worker dedicated to fostering holistic wellbeing and mental health in diverse client populations. With a sensitive ability to assess individual needs and circumstances, I specialize in individualizing therapeutic interventions to meet unique requirements. My approach emphasizes professionalism, empathy, crisis intervention, and evidence-based practices to ensure the delivery of effective and personalized care to marginalized communities. With a wealth of experience in fostering relationships and a deep passion for nurturing the growth of Latinx communities and youth, I bring a unique ability to establish rapport with individuals across all age groups. Committed to empowering clients on their journey toward healing and self-discovery, I strive to create a safe and supportive therapeutic environment conducive to growth and transformation.
The first session is a lot of rapport building with my clients. We complete the assessment and some screening tools. After those are complete, I enjoy focusing on getting to know the person and hear their goals for coming to therapy.
I am strong relationship builder although, I am patient through that process and understand trust and rapport could take time. I am flexible, open minded, and compassionate. I do well at individualizing treatment and encourage growth and resilience through challenging and goal setting.
Clients struggling with anxiety, depression, phobias, trauma, or life transitions.
I help clients identify negative thoughts while recognizing and understanding how they contribute to emotional problems. After I help clients by challenging and reframing the thoughts by evaluating the validity of these thoughts and replacing them with more balanced and realistic ones. After this, we then focus on behavioral activation by encouraging the client to engage in activities that are enjoyable or meaningful to counteract inactivity and negative moods. My clients then build on their problem-solving skills by developing effective strategies to address and manage life’s challenges.
My work includes incorporating a humanistic approach in therapy. Emphasizing personal growth, self-actualization, and the inherent worth of the individual. I use this approach to help clients achieve their full potential and understand their true selves.
I use a culturally sensitive approach with my clients. I take into account the cultural, ethnic, and social backgrounds of clients and aim to provide effective and respectful mental health care by integrating an understanding of the client's cultural context into the therapeutic process. I recognize that cultural factors significantly influence a person's identity, experiences, and worldview, and it adapts therapeutic practices to honor and address these factors.
In my approach I help patients identify their strengths, resources, and capacities to address challenges and achieve personal growth. Client work on emphasizing what is working well in a their life and build upon those positive aspects to promote change and resilience.
EMDR is proven to be an effective approach to help clients process through and change maladaptively stored memories or cognitions.
3 ratings with written reviews
August 4, 2025
Thoughtful, genuine, intelligent, caring, authentic, warm, and understanding. I love her!
July 1, 2025
I previously worked with Jocelyn through another provider and when I felt that I needed support again, I sought her out because I appreciate her authentic and open-minded style. She is very good at listening to understand what the true issue is and leading one to work through the issue at hand without pushing her own ideas. I find her very supportive and encouraging and truly interested in helping.
June 20, 2025
Jocelyn is so well spoken and makes me feel very heard! She’s probably the best therapist that I have personally had.