About Jean
Jean McBride is a Colorado-based licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of experience. She brings a practical, warm approach and a belief that people can change. Sessions are interactive and focused on building skills that help in daily life.
Her career includes writing books about parenting, stepfamily challenges, and coping when a parent has borderline or narcissistic traits. She also developed and taught a court-ordered curriculum for divorcing parents for 25 years, reaching over 25,000 participants.
How Jean works
That work shaped her practical focus on parenting, separation, and blended family issues. Jean uses client-centered methods to put the person's experience first and listens closely to what matters most. She draws on mindfulness to help people manage stress, anxiety, and strong emotions in the moment.
Solution-focused techniques are used to set clear goals and try small changes that add up. Her specialties include relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include blended family issues, communication problems, divorce and separation, family of origin concerns, fatherhood issues, guilt and shame, narcissism, and women's issues.
Sessions are offered in English and conducted online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Jean emphasizes collaboration and straightforward steps so people can see progress between sessions.
Jean lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Jean works with
The areas below are the ones Jean selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered work means the session centers on the person's priorities and experiences. The therapist listens deeply, reflects what she hears, and helps people decide what matters most to change. This approach supports relationship concerns, parenting questions, and issues of self-worth.Mindfulness practices teach simple ways to notice and calm strong emotions in the moment. Techniques include brief attention exercises and grounding tools that help with stress, anxiety, anger, and grief so people can respond instead of reacting.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and practical needs, and together they decide whether client-centered work, mindfulness, or solution-focused steps are the best fit. Adjustments are made as progress and priorities change.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different routines. Video is useful for fuller conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let people share updates between sessions or connect without scheduling a longer call. These formats offer flexibility for busy lives and steady access to support.
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