Jaime Darda, MD, LCSW-C

Jaime Darda is a clinician with ten years of professional experience who combines medical and social work perspectives. She holds an MD and is an LCSW-C. Jaime focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, mood concerns, and addictive behaviors. Jaime creates a calm space where clients can speak openly about feelings and thoughts. She keeps sessions direct and practical so people can notice small changes quickly. Jaime emphasizes clear goals and steady progress rather than vague promises. Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors. She also uses client-centered techniques to listen without judgment and to build trust. Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas are woven in when they fit the person’s priorities. Jaime works with a wide range of concerns including bipolar disorder, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and caregiver stress. She also pays attention to attachment and abandonment issues, chronic illness, and complicated grief. Sessions are offered in English and Jaime accepts international clients. People who prefer flexible formats can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Jaime guides each client toward practical steps they can use between sessions.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Jaime frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing mood swings by focusing on small, practical experiments.

She also relies on client-centered therapy to keep sessions warm and nonjudgmental. This approach centers the conversation on the person’s goals and feelings, which can be useful for trauma, grief, relationship struggles, and self-esteem concerns.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Jaime talks with each person about what feels most useful and adapts methods based on needs and preferences. That means sessions can shift over time as priorities change and new goals emerge.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and build rapport, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep working on goals from different settings.