Ayanna Jarrett, LMFT
Compassionate therapist focused on practical change
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Ayanna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Ayanna
Ayanna Jarrett is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical ways to reduce distress and improve daily relationships. Her work often addresses anger, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and family concerns.
She uses a blend of approaches that center on attachment and clients' own goals. Sessions tend to focus on identifying patterns that keep problems alive, and then practicing different responses.
Background and approach
Ayanna emphasizes clear steps people can use outside sessions to handle strong emotions and difficult conversations. Her background includes work with grief, trauma and abuse, and blended family issues. She also supports people facing parenting challenges, caregiving stress, and relationship strain.
Ayanna has helped people manage compassion fatigue, career transitions, and the effects of abandonment or adoption and foster care histories. Therapy sessions are straightforward and collaborative. She listens for what matters most, then helps people choose strategies that match their values and life demands.
The process often mixes talking through past patterns with hands-on skills for handling anger, communication, and overwhelming feelings. People who reach out can expect a warm and direct style. Ayanna asks for patience with change and encourages steady practice of new habits.
Her goal is to help people find more stability, clearer boundaries, and better ways to connect with others.
What Ayanna works with
Everything Ayanna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Ayanna's practice.
- 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 Ayanna lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How attachment work and skills-based therapy translate online
Ayanna blends attachment-focused work and cognitive behavioral strategies to help people understand and change patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current responses, helping people notice triggers and choose different ways to connect. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety, anger, or depression and practicing new responses to reduce distress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, daily challenges, and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. Sessions can shift over time if another approach seems more helpful, and the plan is adjusted together.
Online sessions offer several practical benefits. Video calls let the therapist observe tone and body language while keeping the convenience of remote meetings. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when a lower bandwidth option is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between meetings, practice skills, or get support during a tough moment. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or travel while still receiving consistent therapeutic support.
Questions people ask about Ayanna
What issues does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, and related issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered, combining listening with practical skill building to change unhelpful patterns.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has ten years of clinical experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist working with a range of emotional and relational concerns.
Where is she based and what is her credential?
She practices in Georgia and holds the credential LMFT, listed as GA LMFT.
Which languages and international options are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
How are sessions offered remotely?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client preference.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in beginning therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.