Giselle Jarvis, LCSW

Giselle Jarvis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with five years of clinical experience. She provides psychotherapy in both English and Spanish and works with adults facing common life stressors and mental health challenges including anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, grief, trauma, and anger.

She began in psychology and social work because she wanted to understand the brain and help people feel better emotionally. That path led to her California LCSW and to practice in psychotherapy. Her work has included supporting people through acute distress, mood disorders, panic, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Giselle has experience supporting people living with or affected by neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive conditions such as autism, Down syndrome, dementia, and Alzheimer’s. She has also worked with people who have experienced psychotic symptoms and mood instability, including bipolar disorder and schizoaffective presentations.

Her clinical approach uses evidence-based techniques that are concrete and skill-focused. She draws on mindfulness practices, cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical behavioral strategies, exposure and response prevention for anxiety and OCD, behavioral activation for low mood, and applied behavior analysis in work related to autism.

Giselle emphasizes clear, practical steps in therapy. She helps people identify patterns that fuel anger, stress, or isolation and practices new ways of responding. To begin, clients follow the site matching process and schedule a first session to discuss goals and next steps.

Giselle aims to work collaboratively and offers services in Spanish when helpful. She does not accept international clients and her practice is based in California.

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