Jami Winkel , LMFT

Jami Winkel is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 23 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, career transitions, and major life changes. She also addresses attachment issues, codependency, mood concerns, guilt and shame, and women's issues.

Her style mixes compassion with practical steps. Jami helps people name emotions and then try doable strategies to change patterns. She emphasizes the connection between body and mind and shows how habits form and can be reshaped.

Jami takes a collaborative approach. Sessions balance talking through feelings with skill-building exercises people can use between meetings. She aims to turn insight into clear, measurable actions so clients can see progress.

She brings a relational perspective and attention to how past connections influence current behavior. This helps when dealing with avoidant patterns, attachment concerns, or challenges in non-monogamous relationships such as polyamory.

Jami practices in California and offers work that reflects social justice values. She accepts clients internationally and works in English. Her goal is to help people feel more connected to themselves and to make changes that last.

Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care

Jami often uses relational approaches that look at how early connections shape current relationships and behavior. This style helps when attachment patterns or avoidant tendencies make closeness hard and can guide work on relationship concerns and codependency.

She also emphasizes body-minded techniques that connect physical sensation with emotion and behavior. These methods support people who feel stuck in habit loops or who carry stress in their bodies and want tools to notice and alter those patterns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jami works with each person to identify goals and then tries methods that fit their needs and preferences. She adjusts the plan over time based on what is useful and what clients report about progress.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls let therapists and clients work face-to-face when that helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it simple to check in between sessions or handle brief updates without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.