Jackie M O'Malley Gomez, LMFT

Jackie M O'Malley Gomez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 25 years of experience. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, or addictions. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, anger, low self-esteem, and major life changes.

Jackie keeps the work straightforward and practical. She listens first and helps people identify small steps that make daily life easier. Sessions focus on skills you can try between meetings and on understanding patterns that keep problems going.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindfulness and body-centered methods when helpful. That mix lets clients work on thoughts and behaviors while also noticing how stress shows up in the body. Trauma-focused methods are used for people coping with past harm or ongoing trauma symptoms.

Jackie has worked in California settings for many years and brings experience with issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, first responder and veteran concerns, postpartum mood changes, panic attacks, and seasonal mood shifts. She also addresses isolation, self-harm thoughts, and struggles with life purpose and self-love.

She treats adolescents and adults and aims to create a calm, steady space for difficult conversations. Jackie encourages clients to move at a comfortable pace while building skills that fit real life.

Approaches for online healing and coping

Jackie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going; CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and focus difficulties. Mindfulness Therapy is offered to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity, which can help with stress, rumination, and emotional regulation.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Jackie will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and together decide which approaches to emphasize. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so they fit daily life and feel manageable.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow scheduling flexibility and different ways to connect. Video is good for in-depth sessions, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, chat or messaging can be used for short check-ins or between-session support. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent amid busy schedules and life demands.