Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Jaime works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 24
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Jaime
Jaime Askew is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist with 24 years of professional experience. She centers her work on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and anger. Jaime aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and clear.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can name what they are feeling. Sessions focus on honest conversation and useful strategies rather than long technical explanations.
Background and approach
Jaime helps people sort through relationships, grief, sleep and eating concerns, and career or identity questions. Her background includes long-term clinical practice in California settings. That experience has shaped a straightforward style that combines listening with actionable steps.
Jaime draws on approaches that are evidence-based and practical for daily life. Parents and caregivers often come for help with parenting strain, burnout, and caregiver stress. People also seek support for trauma, intimacy issues, ADHD, and coping with major life changes.
Jaime can help people identify patterns that keep them stuck and try new ways of responding. Therapy with Jaime tends to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. She encourages skill-building for emotional regulation, clearer communication, and steadier routines.
The overall aim is to make change feel possible and sustainable.
What Jaime works with
Everything Jaime lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Jaime's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches that guide online sessions
Jaime uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear skills and problem solving. One common approach emphasizes emotional regulation and coping skills to help people manage anger, anxiety, and mood swings. That work usually involves learning simple tools to notice triggers, slow reactions, and practice new responses.Another key approach centers on improving communication and relationship patterns. Sessions help people spot unhelpful interaction cycles and try concrete alternatives to reduce conflict and build connection. This can be useful for intimacy issues, codependency, and relationship stress.
Finding the right method is a shared process. Jaime will talk with each person about goals and test what works, adjusting techniques over time. She prioritizes collaboration so clients understand why a strategy is chosen and how to use it between sessions.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let the therapist and client work face to face when that matters. Phone sessions or shorter live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, lower bandwidth, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work days, caregiving routines, or times of travel.
Questions people ask about Jaime
What kinds of problems does Jaime address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, anger, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep and eating issues, career questions, and more.
How would you describe Jaime's approach in sessions?
Her style is direct and supportive. Sessions mix listening with practical strategies to help people manage emotions and try new behaviors.
What is Jaime's clinical background?
Jaime has 24 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and community care in California.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, licensed in California and practices with that credential.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Jaime offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Jaime?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.