You don't have to already know how to say the hard thing for therapy to help. I'm Kira Jerome, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate, and I work with individuals, couples, and families building the kind of emotional safety that makes honest communication possible in the first place.

I draw on Satir's Transformational Systemic Therapy, an approach focused on self-worth and communication patterns within a family system, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused approaches, to work with couples reconnection, identity, communication, and early-adulthood transitions. Before training as a therapist, I studied marketing at the University of Washington, and that background left me curious about how people actually communicate, and what they're really trying to say underneath the words they choose.

I practice under the supervision of Margaret MacLeod, LMFT, an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, which means the communication-focused work I do with couples is backed by consistent, credentialed clinical oversight. I hold a Master's degree and am building toward full LMFT licensure alongside this supervised caseload.

I'm a good fit for a couple or young adult anywhere in Washington state, working entirely by telehealth, who wants to build clearer communication and isn't looking for someone to take sides.

Request a session to get started. Working entirely by telehealth means both partners can join from wherever is easiest, which matters when coordinating two schedules around a couples session. Before training as a therapist, I spent time in marketing, and that background left me curious about how people communicate and what they're actually trying to say underneath the words they choose, which shows up directly in how I approach couples work. I also work with individuals and families navigating early-adulthood transitions, not only established couples, and that same attention to what's being communicated, and what isn't, carries over into how I approach family sessions as well.