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Jay Doyle, LMFT - California Therapist at Grow Therapy

Jay Doyle

Jay Doyle

(she/her)

LMFT
24 years of experience
Virtual

Hello! My name is Jay Doyle and I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California with 24 years of counseling experience. I have experience helping clients who are dealing with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, grief and loss, navigating life transitions, and issues of self esteem and confidence. Currently, I work with adult individual clients via teletherapy. Before working as a counselor, I had another, very different career, as an engineer. Although I switched out of that profession, I greatly value the critical thinking and problem solving skills that I learned while studying and working as an engineer. I think that those skills make me a better therapist.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

In the first session, I will find out about what brought you to counseling at this time, how I can help you and answer any questions about treatment that you may have. We will start to formulate goals of therapy and how we will work together in therapy.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

I want to help you by understanding your strengths and challenges to move forward in finding solutions and learning better ways to cope with the challenges you are struggling with. I am open minded and want to learn about you.

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My treatment methods

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

With CBT, the focus of therapy is on thinking patterns, understanding the connection between thoughts, feelings and actions, working on finding coping strategies that are more effective in reducing anxiety, improving mood, and increasing satisfaction with life.

Dialectical Behavior (DBT)

DBT involves developing skills to manage emotions that feel overwhelming. I often work with people on understanding how their negative emotions get activated and strategies such as mindfulness help manage these feelings.

Solution Focused Brief Treatment

Many people don't want to spend several months or years in therapy but to deal with an issue or problem with which they are currently struggling. My approach is practical, present based but forward looking and using a person's strengths and capabilities to effect change and feel better. As with CBT and DBT, this is an evidence based approach.