About Dr. Jacobs

We Speak Relationship.

I work to aid in destigmatizing mental health care in communities of color through clinical interventions, consultation, community advocacy, and access.

My work is an open love letter to communities who are often left out of discussions of mental health.

Areas of Focus include but not limited to:

Adjustment difficulties

Experiences of Trauma

Grief and loss

Substance abuse

Identity development

Sexuality & Intimacy

Gender

Women’s Empowerment

Intergenerational Trauma

Systemic & Racial Oppression

LGBTQIA+ Individuals & Partners

Individual work

Partner / Couples work

Gottman Method

-Dr. DeVonna Jacobs

Throughout the course of her life Dr. Jacobs was given support, encouragement and guidance by the people in her community, school, and everyday life. These people she affectionately called “My Underground Railroad” and Dr. Jacobs feels she would not have made it without them. She believes that people do not exist or survive solely on their own. We all need people along our journey to support us, uplift us and to help us grow, thrive and achieve wellness, especially in the arena of mental health. She strives to be a part of that network for her clients, to assist in fostering healing, growth and joy.

Dr. Jacobs was born and raised in Oakland, CA. She completed her Undergraduate studies at Saint Mary’s College of California, studying Child/Adolescent Psychology. She then went on the complete her Masters Degree and Doctoral Degree at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. She had her internship and Post Doctoral fellowship at organizations specializing in community mental health, focused on serving communities of color, foster youth, providing trauma informed and culturally accountable care.

Her desire and love for advocacy, mental health, and serving often overlooked communities fuels her work.

Some of Dr. Jacoba’ area of expertise:

• Sex & Intimacy Therapy (with partner),

• Sex Therapy (individual),

• Marriage, Relationship & Couples Counseling,

• Individual Therapy (adults),

• LGBTQ+ Issues,

• Sexual Trauma,

• Child & Adolescent Therapy (ages 3-17),

• Young Adults, LGBTQ Therapy (Individual),

• LGBTQ Sex Therapy (Individual),

• LGBTQ Sex Therapy (Couples or Partners),

• LGBTQ Couples Therapy,

• Polyamory & Consensual Non-monogamy /Alternative-Relationship Types,

• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (Talk Therapy for Individuals),

• Addictions methadone, heroine, opioids

• Pansexuality,

• Anxiety Disorders,

• Social Justice Lens

• BIPOC