About Ja’Lise
Ja’Lise Brown is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on practical, down-to-earth support. She draws on therapies that help people change thinking patterns and build coping skills. Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, grief, addiction, and ADHD concerns.
She chose social work to advocate for people who are overlooked. Ja’Lise moved to Mississippi in 2015 and began working full time in 2017. Her background includes child welfare, public schools, church ministry, Apple Retail, and community mental health.
Background and approach
Those roles shaped how she approaches helping others. In sessions she keeps language plain and direct. She helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice new skills, and set small goals that fit daily life.
She also supports people processing trauma and grief, and those wrestling with intimacy, parenting, or career decisions. Ja’Lise brings creative interests into her work, including music, writing, and design, and she says connection is central to healing. She aims to make sessions a place where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment.
She encourages small, manageable steps toward clearer relationships and steadier moods. Her training is listed as MS LCSW and TX LCSW and she has three years of clinical experience. Sessions are offered in English and provided through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Starting involves a short questionnaire and scheduling based on availability.
How specific approaches translate to online sessions
Ja’Lise uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants concrete strategies to feel steadier. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on building emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication skills; it can help with intense emotions, impulsivity, and relationship strain. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented style that supports change by exploring a person’s own reasons for change and boosting motivation.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. This collaborative process makes it easier to find methods that fit daily life and current challenges.
Online therapy offers several practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit support into busy days or to follow up between sessions. These formats support flexibility and consistent progress while working on stress, ADHD-related struggles, relationships, and other concerns.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
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