Jasmine Gates , LCSW, LISW-CP

Jasmine Gates is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings a compassionate, strength-based approach to supporting people through life transitions and relationship challenges. She has particular experience working with the LGBTQ+ community, couples from diverse backgrounds including polyamorous partnerships, and women navigating intimacy, identity, and career concerns. Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and communication issues within families and blended households.

Gates blends client-centered methods with psychodynamic insight and practical tools to help clients clarify values, set boundaries, and build confidence. She emphasizes collaboration and accountability, inviting clients to be experts on their own lives while offering clinical guidance and strategies to reach personal goals. Her background in a military family and experience meeting people across the United States informs a culturally aware perspective when addressing multicultural and veteran-related concerns.

Gates holds LCSW and LISW-CP credentials - LCSW means Licensed Clinical Social Worker and LISW-CP indicates a license for independent social work with clinical practice authority. She earned a Bachelor of Psychology from Eastern Michigan University in 2010 and a Master of Social Work from Johnson C. Smith University in 2017, and she has been practicing therapy for six years. When not working, she enjoys attending open mics and concerts, brunches, and watching a wide mix of Food Network programs, cartoons, dramas, and comedies.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Jasmine Gates uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients lead the conversation and their priorities shape the work. This approach supports people seeking clarity about identity, values, and life changes by emphasizing empathy and collaboration.

She also incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which helps clients identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and try practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve daily functioning. Additionally, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is used with couples to strengthen attachment, improve communication, and address intimacy concerns by exploring emotional responses and rebuilding secure bonds.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jasmine partners with clients to determine which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences, adjusting techniques over time to ensure a good fit.

Online therapy with Jasmine is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and they allow therapists and licensed professionals to connect with clients in a format that suits individual lifestyles.