What if healing doesn’t start with knowing the answers — but simply with showing up? Jacinia Walker, LMSW, a therapist at Mind in Motion Psychology for young adults, offers a space where you don’t have to be perfect to be seen.
Jacinia’s Path to Therapy
Jacinia didn’t know she would become a therapist; she started her career path in education, working with young people. There, she began to recognize the more profound, unspoken need for being heard. “I’ve always wanted to be in a helping field,” she shares, “and when I found social work, I realized how much I love being that extra support, walking with someone as they figure things out.”
Creating a Safe Place to Understand Yourself
Jacinia shares that her therapy style can be described in three words: Empathetic, Accountable, and Non-judgemental. She describes a safe, therapeutic environment as one where patients can discuss anything, even things they wouldn’t say out loud to their friends, family, or anyone else. She emphasizes that it’s essential to be met with understanding, not criticism.
Jacinia describes therapy as “building a different perspective,” which helps you hear yourself clearly, rather than “fixing” yourself. In her interview, it was interesting to hear how Jacinia brings her own lived experiences into the room, expressing how she understands what it means to feel stuck, searching, but still showing up. She highlights the power of being willing, transparent, and present, as these qualities are where the work truly begins.
She works primarily with young adults who often carry an invisible weight, which might include uncertainty, pressure, and the fear of falling behind. Recalling her patients and her treatment experience, Jacinia states:
the current young generation craves genuine connection with others and with themselves, and her therapy would become a place where they can start their journey."
In the fast paced world, young adults have started to crave real connection with others and themselves.
How Jacinia Approaches Therapy
This is where existential therapy, Jacinia’s specialty, comes into play. Existential therapy dives into more profound questions, such as “Who am I?” “What do I value?” “How do I make sense of my experience?” Through existential therapy, Jacinia’s patients become the narrators of their lives, their story. She loves it when her patients experience quiet breakthroughs in which they are now able to connect their dots.
Even if she is a skilled therapist, Jacinia recalls that she leans on what she calls “micro-moments of self-care”, which include journaling, stepping outside, painting, or permitting herself just to rest. “You can’t always plan for the tough days,” she says, “but you can meet them gently, one step at a time.”
If you’ve been thinking about starting therapy but feel unsure, Jacinia offers this:
Don’t be scared to try. Even if you don’t know exactly what you’re coming for, just showing up could spark a change you didn’t expect. You deserve that support.”
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