Ayanna Jarrett , LMFT

Ayanna Jarrett brings a restorative, systems-oriented perspective to therapy rooted in the belief that people are meant to help one another grow, adapt, and live with greater fulfillment. She frames mental health as a process shaped by personal choices and new approaches to life's challenges, recognizing that the peaks and valleys of life can produce deep emotional pain. Ayanna has received professional training in a wide range of therapeutic modalities and draws on those tools to support clients toward improved functioning and emotional stability.

As an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Ayanna focuses on the relationships and systems in a person’s life that may no longer be working as intended and seeks to shift those patterns. Her practice routinely integrates Narrative Family Therapy, CBT and DBT techniques, and Solution-Focused strategies, and she selects data-driven methods that align with each client’s needs. She has worked successfully with people coping with grief and loss, narcissistic abuse, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety and stress, blended family challenges, parenting children with disabilities, and marriage concerns.

Clients can expect a warm, lighthearted, inviting, and non-threatening approach balanced with clinical knowledge and determination to help them build new life skills. Ayanna encourages patience in the healing process, noting that dysfunctional patterns learned in childhood often take time to unlearn. She welcomes motivated clients who are ready to take on that work.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust. It helps clients understand how attachment styles influence reactions to stress, intimacy, and separation, making it useful for relationship struggles, abandonment concerns, and parenting issues.

Client-Centered Therapy places the client’s experience at the forefront and emphasizes empathy, validation, and collaboration. In this approach therapists provide support and reflection that help individuals explore values, increase self-esteem, and find personal solutions for life transitions and emotional distress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It offers practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and mood fluctuations by teaching strategies to reframe thinking and practice new coping habits.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. Ayanna collaborates with clients and licensed professionals to determine which combination of methods best fits a person’s goals, preferences, and challenges, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy provides flexibility and access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, maintain continuity of care across locations, and choose communication styles that feel most comfortable while working toward meaningful change with a therapist.