Jennifer Folsom

Trainee
Supervised by Jessica Bracha, LMFT 131476

M.A. Counseling Psychology, California Baptist University (in progress)

jfolsom@journeyscounseling.com

Jennifer is a Marriage and Family Therapist Trainee with more than 20 years of experience supporting children and families. Much of her work has been alongside individuals with developmental delays and their caregivers, where she has offered steady guidance, practical tools, and a patient, reassuring presence.

She is completing her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at California Baptist University, and she brings both her clinical training and years of real-world experience into the therapy room. Jennifer has a calm, grounded style, and she aims to create a space where people feel safe, understood, and able to speak freely about what matters most to them.

Jennifer works with children, teens, adults, and families. She has particular experience with developmental challenges, parenting stress, identity questions, and the complexities that can arise in family relationships. Clients often appreciate her steady approach and the way she helps bring clarity without judgment.

Outside of her clinical work, Jennifer is married and a mother of four. She loves learning through real moments—family life, homeschooling, time outdoors; experiences that shape the way she understands how people grow and change.

In therapy, she brings honesty, steadiness, and genuine compassion, helping people strengthen their relationships and move forward with confidence.

  • Attachment-based
  • Christian Counseling
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Dialectical (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused
  • Existential
  • Family / Marital
  • Family Systems
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Person-Centered
  • Play Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Relational
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Structural Family Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused

  • Addiction
  • ADHD
  • Alcohol Use
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Child or Adolescent
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Impulsivity
  • Chronic Pain
  • Chronic Relapse
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Violence
  • Drug Abuse
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Eating Disorders
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Family Conflict
  • Foster/Adoption
  • Gambling
  • Grief
  • Hoarding
  • Infidelity
  • Internet Addiction
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Marital
  • Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiance
  • Panic Disorders
  • Parenting
  • Peer Relationships
  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Pre-Marital
  • Relationship Issues
  • School Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Self-Harming
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Women's Issues

  • Preschooler (0 to 6)
  • Child (6 to 10)
  • Preteen / Tween (11 to 13)
  • Adolescent / Teenager (14 to 19)
  • Adult
  • Elder (65+)

  • Oceanside Carlsbad

  • Female