Jace Lawa, LMFT 

At Axis Mundi Center for Mental Health

​Hi, I'm Jace (He/Him).​​.

 I am of Dutch, Indonesian, Irish, Ashkenazi Jewish, and Scottish ancestry. I'm transmasculine. I was raised in a rural town in the Mojave desert. My intersecting identities, experiences, and my own journey in therapy deeply inform my work. I have been practicing as a psychotherapist since 2019. I feel my greatest strengths as a therapist are my sincere curiosity and my hard fought ability to face and engage with the unknown, the uncertain, the ambiguous. It truly is an honor for me to be invited on a fellow human's path of learning and living in all walks of life.

Personally, what sparks my life force: * birds  *meaningful, soulful relationships *books/art/movies/music that I feel in my stomach *big open skies *history (from primordial up until now).

​P.S. **I know about Astrology and Tarot :)

Education:

I graduated with a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the Wright Institute.
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Previously, I received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Holy Names University in Oakland

​and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Bangor University, Wales.

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Clinical Training Highlights

I received clinical training at the Pacific Center for Human Growth and Axis Mundi Center for Mental Health (where I remain as a licensed clinician). 

Internal Family Systems (IFS) for Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, and Addiction: An intensive online course with Dr. Richard Schwartz & Dr. Frank Anderson​

Helping Couples and Families Heal Trauma Using Internal Family Systems with Dr. Richard Schwartz

Emotionally Focused Therapy: Attachment-Based Interventions for Couples in Crisis with Dr. Sue Johnson

Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship with ICEEFT Certified Trainers Ali Barbosa and Sam Jinich

Certificate in Contemporary Analytical Psychology and Neo-Jungian Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2024-2025

Affiliations

California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists (CAMFT)

GAYLESTA ​

International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy

I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that,
​ yes, it’s true I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you." 
​-Attributed to Frida Kahlo  

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