Jaye Ruth Friedman Levy is a psychotherapist who has been in private practice for 27 years and offers a professional counseling service with a philosophy that "each individual is special and unique."  She offers Psychotherapy, Counseling,  relationship, premarital and Marriage Counseling, work with grief and loss, family conflict, women's issues, crisis intervention, behavior modification, sexual identities, anger management, domestic violence, adults molested as children and child abuse counseling.  She has significant experience with trauma work and those with post-traumatic stress disorder.  She also has training in assertiveness, self-esteem, and male and female victims of incest and molestation.  She offers self-esteem and adults molested as children groups.

Jaye received her BA and MSW degrees and a Pennsylvania State home and school visitor certification from the University of Pittsburgh.  Jaye has also done some doctoral coursework in Family Therapy.   She is board certified and a diplomate in clinical social work by the American and National Board of Examiners and with the National Association of Social Workers.  Jaye also has certifications and experience to work with child abuse survivors and their families, domestic violence and as a Red Cross mental health debriefer. Jaye did Psychotherapy, Counseling, and Marriage Counseling for 10 years for the Individual Provider Program of Orange County Department of Children and Family Services, so she is familiar with the County system.   Jaye is also a critical incident stress debriefer for nearly 20 years for national companies and employee assistance programs, going on-site to assist staff dealing with trauma and the threat of violence and/or corporate crisis intervention in the workplace.

Jaye is one of the originators and the chairperson of the National Association of Social Workers Counseling and Psychotherapy Referral Service.  She encourages callers to ask questions and request services needed, according to their preferences, in order to access help with our well-trained, qualified, experienced therapists for Counseling, Marriage Counseling, and Psychotherapy.

Jaye utilizes a sliding fee scale from $55 to $125 and will accept some insurances.  Jaye is located in Irvine, near the 5 freeway and Walnut and Jeffrey streets.  Call 714-259-7167 to request her services.  Jaye's clients are very important to her.  She will hope to guide you to be aware of what you are feeling, what is most important to you and what you can and cannot do to change your situation.  She will help you feel empowered to have more control over your actions and life.