Jeana De Lay
Compassionate guidance for parents and families
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Jeana
Jeana De Lay is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on parenting and family-related concerns. She offers straightforward support for parents who feel overwhelmed, for people coping with anxiety or depression, and for those facing relationship strain. Her tone is warm and down-to-earth, and she aims to help people find practical steps forward.
She has 17 years of experience and uses both longer-term therapy and shorter-term work depending on what someone needs.
Background and approach
She also brings life coaching tools into sessions to help clients set goals and move toward them. That coaching is goal-focused and meant to bridge current struggles to future plans. In sessions she works with parents on communication, interaction, and age-appropriate discipline strategies.
She also helps adults process past trauma, grief, and stress so they can feel more stable and confident. Work often includes concrete homework or exercises tailored to each person. Clients can expect collaborative planning that lays out clear steps and small tasks between meetings.
She aims to help people notice changes, build better relationships, and reach practical goals. The focus is on understandable skills rather than jargon. She practices in California as a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT.
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Practical approaches for online family and parenting work
Jeana blends evidence-based therapy with life coaching techniques to help parents and adults reach concrete goals. One common approach is structured goal-focused coaching, which breaks larger aims into small steps and assigns doable tasks to practice between sessions. This method helps when someone needs a clear plan for career moves, parenting changes, or personal growth.She also uses trauma-informed therapeutic techniques that help people process difficult events while building coping skills. That work is paced to each person's needs and often includes exercises to reduce anxiety and improve emotional regulation. These approaches suit people coping with past trauma, grief, stress, or ongoing relationship strain.
Finding the right mix of methods is a collaborative process. She will talk with clients about their needs and preferences and together they will choose an approach that fits goals and life circumstances. Adjustments are expected as work progresses, and the plan can change if something isn’t helping.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls make conversation feel close to in-person work, while phone sessions can fit busy schedules. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options help parents and working adults access care without major travel and make it easier to keep therapy consistent.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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