About Jazmín
Jazmín Barrera is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California with 13 years of clinical experience. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. She grew up in San Francisco's Mission District and draws on her Salvadoran and Nicaraguan roots when working with clients.
Jazmín has supported people facing intense stressors, including immigration-related challenges, community violence, substance use, and housing instability.
How Jazmín works
Her background includes both short-term and longer-term psychotherapy work. Jazmín uses straightforward, strength-focused methods that build on what the person already does well. She pays attention to culture and life story when helping someone set goals.
Sessions aim to be collaborative with clear steps for change and coping. Her approach often includes mindfulness practices and skill-building to manage anxiety, mood, sleep, and cravings. She also helps people sort through relationship struggles, family conflict, grief, and questions about identity and purpose.
Conversations move from understanding what happened to planning small, doable changes. Jazmín welcomes people who want practical tools and steady guidance. She works with parents on the stresses of caregiving, folks managing attention or eating and sleeping problems, and people recovering from trauma or addiction.
Spanish and English are both available during sessions for anyone who prefers either language.
Jazmín lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Jazmín works with
The areas below are the ones Jazmín selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with respect and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and supported while they make their own choices about change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep a problem going and teaches practical skills to shift them. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many daily struggles.
Mindfulness Therapy uses simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. It pairs well with other approaches when stress, trauma, or cravings feel overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they decide whether to emphasize skill practice, mindful awareness, or exploration of meaning and values.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and texting allow shorter check-ins and written reflections between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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