About Cynthia
Cynthia Rumford-Jones is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 22 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Her approach is warm, interactive, and practical so people can take steps forward quickly.
She uses client-centered methods to shape therapy around each person's priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps with unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and mindfulness tools teach emotion regulation and present-moment skills.
Background and approach
Cynthia has worked in public and personal human services and social work settings for more than two decades. That background informs how she supports people facing trauma, grief, parenting challenges, eating concerns, and relationship conflict. She also addresses issues such as bipolar disorder, ADHD, and complex family dynamics like adoption and blended-family concerns.
Sessions focus on concrete tools and clear goals. She combines solution-focused techniques and motivational interviewing to help people identify small steps and stay engaged. Expect a collaborative plan with measurable targets and room to adapt as needs change.
Cynthia practices in California and conducts sessions in English. She offers multiple online session formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps pair a person with scheduling options and next steps.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person's goals and preferences. The therapist listens closely and helps shape sessions around what matters most, which can make sessions feel tailored and relevant to everyday problems like anxiety or relationship strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on practical skills to change thoughts and behaviors that keep stress and anxiety going. It often includes simple exercises and homework to practice between meetings, useful for tackling panic, low mood, or unhelpful routines.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. These are helpful when emotions feel overwhelming or reactions cause problems at work or home.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit best based on a person's goals, challenges, and preferences. That may mean combining approaches or changing course if something isn't working.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let people read facial cues and keep a stronger connection. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when being off camera helps someone focus. Live chat and text messaging can be used for quick check-ins, between-session support, or brief skill practice. Together these options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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