About Jamie
Jamie Ray is a therapist who uses practical, person-focused approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and motivation. She holds LCMHC and LCPC credentials and brings ten years of clinical experience in Montana to her work. Her style is direct, calm, and centered on what a person needs right now.
Clients can expect a space where feelings and thoughts are heard without judgment. Jamie emphasizes clear goals and small, doable steps toward change.
Background and approach
She helps people build routines, cope with loss, and make sense of intense emotions. Her approach blends evidence-based methods with a warm, client-centered stance. That means she listens first, then uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help shift unhelpful patterns.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used to clarify values and guide practical choices. Jamie has a broad focus that includes relationship concerns, intimacy issues, parenting stress, grief, sleep problems, and challenges related to ADHD, bipolar disorder, or addictions. She also works with people affected by trauma, caregiver stress, chronic illness, adoption and foster care questions, and first responder issues.
Sessions are aimed at real-life change and coping. Jamie helps with communication skills, managing intense emotions, and rebuilding confidence. Her background in the mental health field informs a pragmatic approach that keeps sessions focused and compassionate.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building a trustworthy working relationship. Online sessions keep that same emphasis so people can speak without feeling judged and shape goals that matter to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. In remote sessions, CBT uses worksheets, thought records, and actionable homework to change patterns that feed anxiety, depression, or sleep troubles.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult feelings and commit to actions that reflect their values. Online work can include short mindfulness exercises and values-based planning to guide daily choices and reduce avoidance.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to try techniques, adjust what isn't working, and blend methods to fit goals and preferences. Treatment is paced to the individual and revisited often.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and structured exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a headset is easier. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, progress notes, or when someone prefers typing to talking. These options add flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other life demands.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Montana, Wyoming, Utah
- Languages
- English