Quest Family Therapy

Jay (she/he/they) is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, supervised by Dr. Jill Rees.

Jay has a degree in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Community Mental Health from the California Institute for Integral Studies. They have worked in special education, in residential treatment for teens and adults, and in San Francisco doing clinical case management. In these various settings, Jay has honed their skills at meeting clients where they’re at and honoring their agency and choices. They believe you are the expert of your own experience. They value collaboration with caregivers, healthcare providers, schools, and other people important to your life.

Jay loves working with children of all ages, parents and families of all walks of life, couples, polycules, and chosen family. They specialize in serving the LGBTQIA+ community, neurodivergent clients, people with complex and acute trauma, and folks with chronic pain and disabilities.

In their free time, Jay enjoys hanging out with their chosen family (including several animals), reading, spending time in nature, and watching reality TV. They are also an artist and a writer, and bring this perspective towards helping you make meaning out of your own story.

Jay specializes in relational therapy, believing that our best healing happens when we are in safe and healthy connection. They love incorporating play therapy, therapeutic art-making, somatics, mindfulness, skill-building, and parts work.