Ayanna Jarrett, LMFT
Narrative-focused therapist helping rebuild relationships
Details
| Name | Ayanna Jarrett |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | Georgia |
| Licensed in | Georgia |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 10 |
About Ayanna
Ayanna Jarrett is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with ten years of clinical experience. She centers therapy on storytelling and relationships to help people understand how life events shape their choices. Her tone is warm and encouraging, and she aims to help clients develop new skills for everyday life.
She uses Narrative ideas to help people separate themselves from their problems and rewrite difficult chapters. That approach pairs with Attachment-Based and Client-Centered work to improve how people relate to others and feel understood.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral tools and DBT skills are used when practical strategies are needed for managing mood, stress, or strong emotions. Ayanna focuses on common struggles such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and relationship stress. She also helps with parenting concerns, blended family issues, and challenges related to caregiving and career changes.
Additional areas of attention include ADHD, intimacy concerns, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Her style is inviting and down-to-earth. Sessions often include listening to personal stories, identifying unhelpful patterns, and practicing small, doable changes that fit a person’s daily life.
She encourages patience and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Based in Georgia, she works with people from different backgrounds and offers a collaborative approach to set clear goals. People who want practical tools along with a relational, narrative perspective may find her approach helpful.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Family conflicts among the things Ayanna works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Ayanna among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Ayanna among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Ayanna among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Ayanna among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Ayanna among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Ayanna among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Ayanna among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Ayanna among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Ayanna among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Ayanna directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Ayanna directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and attachment work online
Ayanna uses Narrative Therapy to help people tell their life stories in new ways, separating problems from identity so change feels possible. She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to notice how early relationships shape current bonds and to strengthen healthier ways of relating. Each approach aims to make difficult patterns easier to understand and change.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist and client look at goals, daily needs, and personal preferences to pick methods that feel like a good fit. Sessions may mix storytelling, relational work, and practical CBT or DBT skills depending on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper relational work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or messaging supports brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, and ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting into a busy life.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Ayanna help with?
She helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family stress, parenting challenges, and work-related strain.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her work blends Narrative ideas with attachment-focused and client-centered approaches, using practical CBT and DBT skills when needed.
What is her clinical background?
She has ten years of experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and draws on a mix of relational and skills-based methods.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Georgia LMFT credential and practices from Georgia.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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