Jessica Isaak, MA, LMFT
Glendale, California
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My Approach to Therapy
I view my work as coming alongside you to help organize and make meaning of your experience. I like the term “process consultant” because I want to understand what your strong emotions feel like and the meaning you make of them. I want to help organize those messy feelings so you understand what you need and the message the feelings are sending you.
We do not get to choose our emotions. We do get to understand them and use them to help guide us. They are there to give us information. My work is to help you tolerate, process, and make meaning of them. This work is deep, sometimes scary, often hard, but always worth it. I hope my office and my presence provide the safety needed to do this difficult work.
My Practice & Services
I require an initial consultation prior to the start of treatment. This session is free and is used to evaluate if we are good fit. Please visit my website for more information.
For your convenience I accept all major credit cards, check, or cash.
I do not bill insurance companies directly. I will, however, provide clients with a statement detailing services rendered. This is called a super bill and can be submitted to your insurance company for reimbursement consideration.
What I Love about Being a Psychotherapist
I love being able to listen to my clients and hear their experience. It is an honor to provide them support, information and insight as they build more consciousness about all the many parts of themselves. I am passionate about watching my clients free themselves from old patterns of thinking and behavior and recognize they are much more than their current experience. What drives me as a therapist is the honor of witnessing my client emerge from unconsciousness and start to harness their power.
How My Own Struggles Made Me a Better Therapist
Empathy. When I struggle it is lonely and frightening. It feels like no one truly understands. I think having been in that darkness myself allows me to be more present and accepting of the darkness others may be experiencing. It gives me a reference of what it is like to endure struggles, and allows me to be empathic. I have learned, and continue to learn, that repression of our experience makes more of a mess. When we allow our emotions to be felt we are able to understand our internal experience, which makes us stronger and wiser. My struggles have also helped me stay connected to the shared humanity between myself and others. We share so much in common, despite being so different.It helps me stay connected to the understanding that each of us are much more than our symptoms or difficulties.
Expertise & Specialties
Age Groups I Work With
AdultsElders
Therapy Services & Specialties
Concerns & Challenges Addressed
Abuse / Abuse Survivor IssuesAdjusting to Change / Life TransitionsAnxietyAttachment IssuesCodependency / DependencyCommunication ProblemsDepressionEmotional Abuse
Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods
Depth TherapyEmotion Focused Couples TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)Mindfulness-Based InterventionsPsychodynamicSelf Psychology