Hi, I’m Jada.

Before I became a therapist, I worked in unscripted television in Los Angeles. When the #MeToo movement began, I watched conversations unfold from inside an industry that was very much implicated in systemic abuse. What I witnessed was largely dismissal, and a genuine reckoning was never really going to happen. Executives joked about it, and I sat in those meetings watching something deeply troubling get turned into a punchline. I knew I needed to align more with my purpose.

In 2017, I began volunteering as a Sexual Assault Advocate Counselor at Strength United, a crisis center in the San Fernando Valley. I sat with survivors through police interviews, forensic exams, and the disorienting first hours after reporting. I helped connect them to resources and support, but I never got to follow their journey. I kept thinking: I want to be there for what comes next, not just the crisis.

That work also brought me to therapy in a new way. I had seen therapists before, but it wasn’t until I found the right therapist that anything really changed. She asked the right questions. She was non-judgmental and safe. For the first time, someone validated that what I had been carrying was real. Importantly, she offered actual tools to heal my nervous system and reclaim my story. This changed everything for me.

That’s exactly the kind of therapist I set out to become. Trauma survivors, especially survivors of sexual abuse and LGBTQ+ individuals, are so often misdiagnosed, underserved, and offered treatment plans that simply don’t work. I want to be the therapist who changes a person’s experience of what therapy can be. I want my clients to know that they are sitting with a human being who sees them as a dynamic individual worthy of personalized, genuine care.

Professional Bio

I have seven years of experience working in the mental health field, including psychotherapy, advocacy, complementary and alternative medicine, and non-profit work.

I received my master’s degree in clinical psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles, where I focused my studies on advocacy and care for underrepresented populations and survivors of sexual abuse.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in New York (LMFT #002217) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California (LMFT #160224).