About Cynthia
Cynthia Carlton-Jarmon welcomes people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. She is a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with four decades of professional experience and a history of service in the United States Army.
Background and approach
Cynthia writes in a direct, compassionate way and aims to help people take practical steps toward clearer relationships and calmer days. She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, anger, and relationship strain.
Cynthia also supports people facing life transitions such as divorce and separation, blended family challenges, aging and geriatric concerns, and issues tied to veterans and armed forces experiences. She brings attention to money worries, loneliness, and questions about life purpose as well.
Cynthia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people identify small, actionable changes that make daily life easier. Her work often centers on solution-focused ideas, cognitive-behavioral strategies, and narrative approaches to reshape unhelpful patterns.
Sessions aim to clarify goals, build new skills, and reduce overwhelm. Her practice style is faith-informed when a client prefers that perspective, and she places value on respect and nondirective guidance.
Cynthia emphasizes collaboration - clients help set priorities and choose what to work on first. She encourages people to recognize strengths they already have while developing new ways to handle hard moments.
Located in Hawaii and licensed as an LMFT, Cynthia offers sessions in English. She combines practical problem-solving with a calm, steady presence to help people find more balance and clearer direction in their lives.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Many of her methods translate well to remote work. Cognitive-behavioral techniques focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. These techniques help with worry, low mood, anger, and everyday coping skills.Solution-focused work concentrates on what is already working and on small next steps. This approach suits people who want practical change quickly and prefer trying concrete actions between sessions. Narrative ideas involve looking at the stories people tell about themselves and finding different ways to understand past events and current choices.
Cynthia treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals, try different methods as needed, and adjust plans based on what helps. Together they decide which techniques fit the person’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers the convenience of video calls, the simplicity of phone sessions, or the flexibility of live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging allows brief check-ins or hands-on skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and travel schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii, North Carolina
- Languages
- English