Jody Vizcay
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in California with 16 years of experience. As a therapist, I seek to create an open and welcoming environment with compassion, empathy, and acceptance. I am here to support and guide you in your journey to self-exploration and self-awareness, and help you find new grounding, hope, and healing. I work with adults experiencing depression, anxiety, PTSD, stress, life transitions, intense emotions, interpersonal conflicts, anger management, social anxiety, and communication or relational problems.
I am here to support and guide you in your journey to self-exploration and self-awareness, and help you find new grounding, hope, and healing.
First session
During our first session, I will begin developing a strong therapeutic alliance by building rapport and trust and by creating a safe space for you. I will explore what brought you to therapy and what your expectations are of therapy, and discuss the phases of treatment and the therapeutic process. From there, I will help you identify presenting problems and collaborate with you to develop goals that you want to achieve in therapy while providing support and guidance.
Strengths
I approach all sessions using empathy, active listening, along with compassion and understanding to create a safe and nonjudgmental environment and a strong therapeutic relationship. And lastly, I collaborate with clients to identify presenting problems and develop realistic therapy goals.
Ideal clients
I work with adults aged 18 years and older who are experiencing depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, stress, life transitions, managing intense emotions, interpersonal conflicts, anger management, social anxiety, and communication and relational problems, and who are ready to find genuine relief.. I will help you with identifying unhelpful thought patterns, habits, and beliefs that are keeping you stuck and the deeper root of your stress. Together, we will build practical and effective tools to help you quiet the internal noise, process painful emotions, and reclaim a sense of calm and balance and achieve lasting progress.
Treatment methods
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
I utilize an integrative approach that includes evidence-based practices, such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, and Solution-focused Therapy (SFT). I support clients in developing healthier thought patterns and behaviors through the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I help clients develop healthier relationships, learn how to communicate more effectively, be present and in the moment, improve distress tolerance, and be able to regulate emotions by teaching and practicing DBT skills. Through the use of Psychodynamic Therapy, I help clients understand how their past experiences and unconscious mind shape their current thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. And lastly, I utilize SFT for those clients who are seeking short-term therapy by focusing on solutions rather than problems, on the present rather than the past, and identifying strengths and what is already working in a client's life.
Location
Virtual sessions