Therapist profile
Cynthia Rumford-Jones, LCSW
California
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anger and Anxiety
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, California / 102582
- NPI1982966230
- Experience22 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationCalifornia
About
- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Cynthia
Cynthia Rumford-Jones is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 22 years of therapy experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and major life changes. She also addresses relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, eating issues, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, and ADHD.
Cynthia draws on client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on what matters most to the person in front of her. She mixes cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and DBT skills to manage strong emotions and impulsivity. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are used when helpful to build awareness and strengthen motivation for change.
Her background includes a Master of Social Work from the University of California, Berkeley, plus decades in social services and clinical settings. That experience includes work with foster care and adoption-related concerns and with people facing complex family dynamics.
In sessions she aims to be interactive and practical. People learn concrete skills for handling anger, improving communication, and coping with loss or life transitions. She helps people set clear, structured goals and track progress over time.
Cynthia has worked with eating-related concerns, grief, divorce and separation, and longstanding mental health challenges. She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, control issues, and family of origin problems. Her approach combines skill-building, problem solving, and attention to the client’s immediate priorities.
How sessions work
Approaches used online and how they help
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is about noticing the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online sessions use CBT to help challenge thinking patterns that feed anger and anxiety, and to practice new responses to stressful situations.Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Through DBT skills work, clients learn concrete techniques to reduce impulsive reactions and manage strong feelings in relationships and at work.
Client-Centered Therapy asks the therapist to follow the client’s pace and priorities. In practice this means sessions focus on what the client wants to change and build on the client’s strengths when deciding next steps.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Cynthia will help figure out which methods fit the client’s goals, preferences, and daily life. That can mean combining CBT skill practice with DBT techniques and motivational interviewing to keep momentum.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when time is limited, or avoid travel time. Those practical benefits help people practice skills between sessions and keep therapy aligned with everyday routines.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, eating issues, parenting challenges, bipolar disorder, and ADHD.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and interactive. She uses practical techniques like CBT and DBT skills to manage emotions and change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 22 years of clinical therapy experience, plus additional years working in social work and human services.
What are her professional credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LCSW licensed in California and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if English is not my first language?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and services; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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