About Nanci
Nanci Jacobs is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with 10 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, mood concerns, and trauma. She works with adults on issues like relationship and intimacy struggles, parenting pressures, career stress, and questions around gender and sexual identity. Nanci emphasizes strengths and the client’s own knowledge of their life.
Her style is supportive and practical. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that can be tried between meetings.
How Nanci works
She listens for patterns that get in the way and helps people find new ways to respond to hard moments. Nanci brings a calm, steady presence to sessions and emphasizes collaboration. She invites clients to name what matters most and then maps out simple strategies to get there.
The work often mixes talking through past hurts with concrete tools for coping in day-to-day life. She has a broad clinical focus that includes trauma, mood disorders, ADHD-related challenges, and concerns tied to identity such as LGBT issues and gender dysphoria. Nanci also supports people dealing with chronic illness, grief after loss, self-harm thoughts, and the emotional fallout of sexual assault.
People can expect a therapist who values their perspective and builds plans that fit real life. Nanci helps people practice new skills, notice unhelpful patterns, and increase self-compassion while working toward clearer goals.
What Nanci works with
The areas below are the ones Nanci selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Nanci uses practical, evidence-based approaches that focus on skills people can use right away. One common way she works is by helping clients build coping skills for anxiety and mood swings through structured practice and step-by-step plans that reduce overwhelm and increase stability. Another common focus is trauma-informed work that helps people process past hurts while developing safer ways to relate and respond in current life. Finding the best approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to decide what techniques fit their goals, comfort, and daily life. That decision may shift over time as needs change and progress is made. Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option when video is difficult. Live chat or text sessions can support short check-ins, coaching-style moments, or ongoing reflection between meetings. These options provide flexibility so therapy can move with a persons life and timetable.Start online instead of waiting
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