Dr Jamie D. Kirkpatrick
Psychotherapist
“I work in partnership with teens and adults experiencing all types of life pain, specializing in trauma, stress, family conflict and dissociation.”
About Me
I partner with teens and adults facing deep life pain, specialising in trauma, stress, family conflict, and dissociation. Together, we can gently explore how past events impact your present. My aim is to help you make sense of difficult feelings and build resilience. Clients seeking a collaborative space to process complex emotional challenges will find support here.
Approach
When we meet, I hold a steady, paced attention that helps you track sensations, memories and family patterns without becoming overwhelmed. I offer sessions in my Palm Desert office or through secure online meetings so you can choose what feels safest between visits. Work often blends grounding, focused narrative processing and brief skill-building to help reduce dissociation, manage stress and clarify relational boundaries, with practical steps to try between sessions. People seeking thoughtful, collaborative change tend to find this approach useful.
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Basic Information
Services
Services Offered:
- •Clinical Supervision
- •Coaching
- •Crisis Counseling
- •Trauma Counseling
- •Psycho-Legal
- •Hypnosis
- •Adolescent Therapy
- •EMDR
- •Individual Therapy
- •Stress Management
Works With:
- •Adolescents
- •Adults
- •Couples
- •Families
- •Groups
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
- •Abuse
- •Adolescent Therapy
- •Mood Disorder
- •Trauma
- •Parenting Support
- •Personal Development
- •Suicidal Thoughts
Professional Title:
- •Psychotherapist
Qualifications
Ryokan College
Chapman University
American Institutate of Law
Registrations
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
