Jaala Freed

Jaala Freed is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with eight years of practice. She works with adults facing relationship strain, parenting stress, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses life purpose concerns and related issues such as loneliness and guilt.

Her sessions focus on practical steps and short-term progress. She draws on solution-focused methods and motivational interviewing to help people set clear goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns.

Jaala emphasizes finding a person’s existing strengths. She helps clients turn those strengths into small experiments and real actions. Work in sessions often includes setting achievable goals and checking what helps or hinders progress the following week.

She frames therapy as collaborative problem-solving. Conversations include identifying barriers like negative self-talk, communication problems, or overwhelm from parenting and life transitions. Sessions tend to be direct and practical rather than abstract.

Clients can expect a plan that focuses on the issues they most want to address. Jaala supports people who feel stuck after a life change or who are unsure what matters next. She helps people try new ways of acting and thinking to make clearer decisions about work, relationships, and purpose.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Jaala commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in her work. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like low mood or anxiety. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes practical steps and short-term goals, helping people try small changes and review what works.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She will work with each client to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.

Confirm current session formats before booking so you know how she is offering appointments. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. The focus remains on applying CBT tools and solution-focused exercises to real life, so sessions aim to leave clients with concrete steps they can try between meetings.