- Guilt and shame
- Relationship skills
- Women's issues
About Ebony
Ebony Jenkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, intimacy-related concerns, and self-esteem challenges. Ebony also helps people who carry guilt and shame related to past events or identity issues.
She focuses on clear, practical conversations. Sessions often include looking at communication patterns, identifying unhelpful self-beliefs, and practicing small changes that affect daily life. She pays attention to how values, culture, and personal history shape feelings about relationships and self-worth.
Ebony has experience supporting people after domestic violence and with sexual health and sexuality concerns. She also works with those navigating non-monogamous relationships and people dealing with post-traumatic stress. Her approach is based on evidence-based therapeutic techniques rather than a single method.
In sessions she aims to make topics like guilt, shame, and intimacy easier to talk about. She frames concerns in straightforward terms and offers concrete steps to try between meetings. Clients can expect conversation that ties feelings to behavior and practical experiments to test new ways of relating.
Her work emphasizes respect for identity and values while helping people move through stuck patterns. For someone carrying guilt or shame, sessions focus on understanding how those feelings developed and on learning clearer ways to relate to oneself and others.
How evidence-based approaches guide online sessions
Ebony's stated work is informed by evidence-based therapeutic techniques. One common approach she uses is focused on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this involves noticing thought patterns that keep guilt and shame active and practicing alternative responses to reduce their impact. Another helpful method centers on improving communication skills and relational patterns; this teaches concrete ways to bring up difficult topics, set boundaries, and repair interactions with others.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Ebony works with clients to decide which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process means trying a method, seeing how it feels, and adjusting the plan together over time.
Confirm the available session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a lunch break, sessions that avoid travel time, or choosing audio rather than video when that better suits the moment. Licensed professionals often use online meetings to maintain continuity of care when schedules or locations change, and this can help people keep steady momentum while working through guilt, shame, or relationship concerns.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, intimacy-related concerns, and self-esteem. Additional focuses include communication problems, domestic violence, guilt and shame, and sexuality.
How does she approach guilt and shame?
She helps people name where guilt and shame come from and links those feelings to everyday thoughts and actions. The work is practical and focuses on small changes you can try between sessions.
What experience does she bring?
She has seven years of clinical experience working with adults on relationship, trauma, and self-worth issues. That experience includes supporting people after domestic violence and with post-traumatic stress.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in California.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the provided biography.
How are fees handled and how do I start?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.