JASMINE WILSON, LCSW, SEP
Somatic Therapist in Brea & Online Across CA + AZ
Deep therapy for deeper healing.
You’ve Already Done a Lot of the Work.
You've spent time reflecting, processing, and trying to make sense of your experiences. You may already understand your patterns and where they come from.
Still, knowing why you overthink, people-please, or keep pushing doesn't necessarily make those patterns easier to change.
You may recognize that you need to slow down or put less pressure on yourself, yet find yourself returning to the same familiar ways of coping.
That's where our work can go deeper.
Somatic and depth-oriented therapy helps us explore what's happening beneath these patterns, including the emotions, experiences, and responses that may be difficult to access through insight alone.
My Approach to Therapy
I'm interested in more than the anxiety, overwhelm, or self-doubt that brings you to therapy. I want to understand how your patterns developed, what purpose they've served, and what keeps them showing up in your life today.
We'll explore the experiences that have shaped you, including your relationships, history, and culture, while also paying attention to what's happening in the present moment through your emotions, body sensations, and responses.
Together, we'll work toward a deeper understanding of yourself while creating more room for connection, self-trust, and choice.
What It’s Like to Work With Me
My style is warm, collaborative, and deeply attentive. I bring curiosity, honesty, and gentle challenge into our work while moving at a pace that feels manageable.
You don't need to arrive with the right words or a clear explanation for what you're feeling. We can start with what you know and stay curious about what emerges, whether through thoughts, emotions, body sensations, or something harder to name.
I'll pay attention to what you're sharing and what happens between us, too. The patterns you're navigating outside of therapy can also emerge in our relationship, giving us opportunities to notice and explore them together.
My hope is that therapy becomes a place where you can turn some of the attention you give to everything and everyone around you back toward yourself.
Why I Do This Work
I became a therapist because I understand what it's like to carry a lot while having very little space to simply be.
Early on, I learned to do what was asked of me, get things done, and pay close attention to what was needed around me. Being capable came easily, but knowing and expressing what I felt, needed, or wanted was much less familiar.
Over time, I began to recognize how much could go unnoticed underneath all the doing. The pressure to get things right, the habit of pushing through, and the ways we organize ourselves around what's expected of us often have deeper roots in our families, relationships, culture, and the environments that shape us.
That understanding is part of what draws me to this work.
I'm especially drawn to working with people who have become very good at managing life but want to develop a different relationship with themselves. There's something meaningful about creating space for people to slow down, understand the patterns they've carried, and begin discovering what it means to trust themselves.
That's what makes this work so meaningful to me.
Who I Work With
I work primarily with adults who are used to carrying a lot, whether that means managing responsibilities, anticipating others' needs, or putting pressure on themselves to get things right. Some of the concerns I help people navigate include:
Anxiety, overthinking, and chronic stress
Burnout, overwhelm, and difficulty slowing down
People-pleasing and difficulty setting boundaries
Self-doubt, perfectionism, and low self-esteem
Life transitions, identity, and questions about what comes next
This is a space where you can show up as you are, including the parts of yourself you're still learning to understand.
Approaches That Inform My Work
My work draws from Somatic Experiencing®, the NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM), and psychodynamic, relational, and acceptance-based approaches.
These approaches help us explore how your experiences have shaped you while paying attention to your emotions, relationships, body sensations, and present-day patterns. I integrate them based on your needs and what feels most useful in our work together.
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Somatic Experiencing® helps shift stress, anxiety, and trauma that live in the body. By gently increasing awareness of bodily sensations, we can support nervous system regulation and create more capacity for ease, connection, and choice in daily life.
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NARM is a relational and identity‑based approach that focuses on patterns formed through early attachment and developmental experiences. Rather than revisiting trauma in detail, we work with how these patterns show up in the present—supporting agency, connection, and a stronger sense of authentic self.
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The way we respond to things in the present is often shaped by what we've lived through in the past. Together, we'll explore what feels familiar, which patterns keep repeating, and how your earlier experiences may still be shaping your choices today. With greater awareness, you have more agency and more choice in how you move forward.
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ACT supports you in building a more flexible relationship with your thoughts and emotions while clarifying what matters most to you. This approach can be especially helpful for anxiety, perfectionism, and feeling stuck or disconnected from your values.
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Therapy isn't just about what we talk about—it's also about how we relate. The connection we build together is an important part of the process, because healing happens in relationships where it feels safe enough to be seen, honest, and real. Our work can become a space to explore what trust, boundaries, and emotional safety actually feel like—and to experience a different way of being in relationship, one that supports deeper healing.
Training & Education
Education & Licensure
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology
University of Southern California
Master of Social Work
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
California License #99171, Board of Behavioral Sciences
Arizona License #22072, Board of Behavioral Health Examiners
Trainings & Certifications
Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP), Somatic Experiencing International
NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) Professional Training, NARM Training Institute
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Psychwire w/Russ Harris
ACT for Beginners
Trauma-Focused ACT
Introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, Bonnie Weiss, LCSW
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Unfreezing the Fawn with Somatic Experiencing®, Shideh Lennon, Ph.D., SEP
Re-introducing the Inner Critic: An Embodied SE Approach, Maureen Gallagher Ph.D., SEP
Pre- and Perinatal Trauma (A Two-Day Somatic Experiencing®-Informed Experiential Workshop), Glyndie Nickerson, Ph.D., SEP
SUPPORT AWAITS YOU
SUPPORT AWAITS YOU
Curious About Working Together?
If you're considering therapy and want to explore whether we're a good fit, I'd love to connect. We can talk about what you're looking for, how I work, and any questions you have about getting started.
Somatic Therapist in Brea, CA
I offer in-person therapy in Brea for adults throughout North Orange County, along with online therapy for clients across California and Arizona. Whether we meet in the office or virtually, our work can include the same depth, curiosity, and attention to both the mind and body.
265 S Randolph Ave, Brea, CA 92821