About Jendayi
Jendayi Ford is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in California with 11 years of experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety and develop practical tools for everyday life. Her style is direct and compassionate.
She focuses on small steps that add up over time. Clients come for many concerns including depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and addictions. She also supports people dealing with career changes, parenting strain, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Additional attention is given to multicultural concerns, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, and experiences of prejudice or discrimination. Sessions emphasize clear strategies people can use between meetings. She draws on cognitive behavioral work to adjust unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Mindfulness practices are used to reduce reactivity and increase calm in stressful moments. Motivational interviewing helps when someone wants change but feels stuck. Narrative and solution-focused approaches are used to clarify strengths and set short-term goals.
The therapist offers a mix of techniques tailored to each person's needs. Conversations are practical and goal-oriented. Jendayi helps people break down big problems into doable steps.
She encourages steady progress and celebrates small wins along the way.
Approaches that meet you where you are
Jendayi often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. This approach is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress because it focuses on practical steps you can try between sessions. She also uses mindfulness therapy to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity; simple breathing and attention practices are taught and practiced in-session to help with overwhelming feelings.Motivational interviewing is another tool she draws on when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. That method centers on the person’s own reasons for change and helps strengthen motivation in a respectful, nonjudgmental way. Together these approaches are chosen to match each person’s needs and goals rather than as a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when discussing feelings and body language matters. Phone sessions can fit into a quick break and need less internet bandwidth. Live chat or text-based messaging works for brief check-ins, real-time coping support, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep consistent sessions and practice skills in everyday settings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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