Jackie M O'Malley Gomez, LMFT

Jackie M O'Malley Gomez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, addictions, relationship strain, parenting challenges, anger, and low self-esteem. Her work includes first responder issues, veteran and armed forces concerns, postpartum mood changes, and coping with life transitions.

Jackie keeps sessions straightforward and focused on practical steps. She treats each person as the expert on their own story and looks for strengths to build on. In sessions she uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice unhelpful thinking patterns. She blends mindfulness to calm the body and somatic techniques to address physical responses tied to stress and trauma.

Her approach is collaborative and paced to fit what each person needs. Jackie listens for what matters most and helps set short-term goals for change. Together clients work on skills that can be used between sessions to manage mood, concentration, and relationships.

With a quarter century of practice in California, Jackie has experience with both adolescents and adults. She encourages small steps and offers support for people facing painful memories, panic, isolation, or questions about life purpose. Getting started is acknowledged as a brave move and she frames therapy as a partner in that process.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

Jackie commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness as part of her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behavior patterns that keep anxiety or depression in place. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus in daily life.

She also draws on somatic approaches when stress or trauma show up in the body. Somatic therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and movement so people can learn how physical reactions relate to emotions and memories. That can be useful for panic, post-traumatic stress, and long-standing tension.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Jackie works collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts pace and techniques as progress is made so the work feels useful and manageable.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins, or letting people meet from a calmer spot during a break. Therapists help clients choose approaches and routines that work with everyday schedules rather than promising any specific technology or format.