Jalyse Stewart

I'm Jalyse Stewart, AMFT #153712, supervised by Christina Mathieson, LMFT #115093. Here's who I work with: women healing from childhood sexual abuse and complex trauma, especially BIPOC clients who've spent past therapy translating themselves for the room before the work could start. I work with people whose anxiety, reactivity, grief, or disconnection is rooted in what the nervous system is still holding, even when the words haven't caught up to it yet.

Before I became a therapist, I taught special education. That shapes how I work now. If you're neurodivergent and also processing trauma, I understand that layer. I know the exhaustion of overcompensating, and the way grief and anxiety weave themselves into everything else without you realizing. The work is holding it all, not treating the pieces separately.

What I want you to know: your story doesn't have to be explained before it can be met.

Here's how I work. I use EMDR to reprocess trauma at the place it's actually stored, somatic practices for what the body has been carrying, and CBT and solution-focused tools for the practical work in between.

For neurodivergent clients, I adjust the pace and sensory setup so therapy isn't one more room you have to mask in.

Something clients often tell me: my presence is disarming. I think that's because I'm not rushing to the next thing. I'm listening for what you haven't quite said yet. What I want you to know: you don't have to have the words before you come in. We'll find them together.