ABOUT ME

20+ Years of Clinical Experience

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Oregon · California · Texas

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EMDR Trained
IFS Level 1 

Somatic Therapy Advanced Training
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Advanced Training 

Former Lecturer, USC School of Social Work

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About Me

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I’m Jessica Klein, a psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience working with individuals and couples. I specialize in trauma and complex trauma, relationship difficulties, anxiety, and patterns that can be difficult to shift through insight alone.

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I believe therapy works best when you feel genuinely understood and when your therapist is actively engaged in the process with you. My style is warm, relational, and collaborative. I bring curiosity, compassion, and humor to my work, while also helping clients look honestly at the patterns that may be keeping them stuck.

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Over the years, I’ve become especially interested in the ways our past experiences continue to shape how we respond in the present—how we relate to ourselves, what happens in our bodies and nervous systems, and how we connect with the people closest to us. Therapy can help us understand these patterns, but understanding is often only the beginning. I also want to help clients have new experiences that allow for meaningful and lasting change.

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My approach integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, somatic and polyvagal-informed therapy, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples. I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to therapy. I draw from these models based on what is most helpful for each person or couple, always taking into account their history, needs, and pace.

Experience & Training

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I have spent much of my career working with trauma. For nine and a half years, I worked at the UCLA Santa Monica Rape Treatment Center, initially providing acute crisis support to survivors and later working as a psychotherapist providing longer-term trauma treatment. This experience profoundly shaped the way I understand trauma, resilience, and the importance of creating enough safety for meaningful therapeutic work.

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My training includes EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS Level 1), advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and extensive training in somatic and polyvagal-informed approaches. I have also taught clinical social work at the university level.

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Today, I work with individuals and couples in person in Portland and through telehealth in Oregon, California, and Texas.

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