- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Alaska, Arizona
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Jamison
Jamison Cole is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades in behavioral health and licenses in Alaska and Arizona. She has spent the last 20 years supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship strains, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and depression. Jamison aims to meet each person where they are and make the first step into care feel manageable.
Her style is respectful and down-to-earth. She listens first and tailors conversations and plans to fit what each person actually needs.
Background and approach
That can mean swapping teaching and coaching with reflective listening, depending on the issue. Jamison uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people change patterns that cause pain. She draws on tools that teach emotion skills, manage distress, and reshape unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Sessions focus on small, doable steps as well as longer term goals. Parents often seek her support when the stress of caregiving wears thin or when family roles shift after adoption, foster care, divorce, or blended family transitions. She helps people talk through parenting challenges and find routines and boundaries that reduce daily friction.
People working through trauma, attachment wounds, or relationship fallout will find a steady approach that balances empathy with direct skill-building. Jamison adapts pacing and techniques to each person’s comfort level and goals.
What Jamison works with
Everything Jamison lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jamison helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Jamison lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches and Online Support for Everyday Parenting and Stress
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and building a trusting working relationship; it helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental place to talk and sort feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical exercises for reducing anxiety and changing unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication in tense moments.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Jamison will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they will try methods that feel like a good fit and adjust the plan as progress unfolds in sessions.
Online therapy formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit care into busy days. Video is useful for full sessions and visual connection. Phone sessions can be quicker and use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging allow short check-ins or ongoing support between calls. These options make it easier to keep momentum and to use skills in real time when challenges arise.
Questions people ask about Jamison
What kinds of concerns does Jamison address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and depression, plus related topics like abandonment, adoption and foster care, and divorce.
How would you describe her approach in sessions?
Jamison combines listening with practical tools. She uses a mix of client-centered conversation and techniques to teach emotion regulation, coping skills, and problem-solving.
How much experience does she have?
Jamison has 20 years in the behavioral health field and more than eight years as a personal provider working directly with clients.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and is licensed in Alaska and Arizona, with practice listed in Alaska.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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