Jay is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University LA. They came to APLA Health with experience working in community mental health, a hospital clinic for adolescents, and private practice.
Jay grew up in Tennessee until they moved to Southern California for college, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Coming from a creative arts background, they value the many different ways people communicate and use creative or intuitive practices to process their experiences.
Jay’s clinical work focuses on complex PTSD and developmental trauma, which is often the backdrop of mental health struggles for vulnerable populations. She is trained in the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), a therapy model that was built to address adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), with a Level 2 NARM certification. She incorporates elements of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to attend to attachment wounds that show up in relationship patterns, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to thoughtfully guide behavioral change. She also practices Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), a narration-based intensive PTSD treatment. Jay believes that brought together, these models provide a multifaceted approach to supporting patients’ emotional healing.
