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Dr. Jing Baer

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Founder & Clinical Director, Roiya Center for Experiential Healing

Dr. Jing Baer is a licensed marriage and family therapist who works with individuals, couples, and families navigating emotional distress, relational difficulties, complex trauma, and life transitions.

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Her clinical work is grounded, collaborative, and goal-oriented. She supports clients in understanding what is getting in the way of change; and in developing practical, sustainable ways to move forward in daily life.

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Dr. Baer is particularly well-suited for clients who are insightful and motivated, yet feel stuck repeating familiar emotional or relational patterns despite effort, reflection, or prior therapy.

Clinicial Approach

Structured, Attuned, and Change-Focused

​Dr. Baer’s approach integrates evidence-informed psychotherapy with experiential methods, allowing clients to not only understand their patterns, but to practice new ways of responding: emotionally, relationally, and somatically.

 

Her work emphasizes:

  • Clear structure and pacing, tailored to each client’s needs and readiness

  • Emotional safety and cultural responsiveness, with close attention to values, identity, and context

  • Practical change, helping clients translate insight into action between sessions

  • Ongoing feedback and progress tracking, using both standard clinical measures and individualized tools

 

Clients often describe the work as active but containing, supportive yet focused, and oriented toward meaningful change rather than open-ended exploration.

Areas of Focus

Dr. Baer specializes in complex trauma, emotion regulation, and relational patterns, and commonly works with clients experiencing:

 

Trauma & Emotion Regulation

  • Complex trauma (C-PTSD), including developmental, relational, and attachment-based trauma
    (chronic shame, emotional numbing, hypervigilance, unstable sense of self)

  • Emotion regulation difficulties and identity instability, often seen in clients with borderline personality features
    (intense emotions, fear of abandonment, relational volatility, black-and-white patterns)

 

Anxiety, OCD & Neurodivergence

  • Obsessive-compulsive patterns (OCD), including intrusive thoughts, mental compulsions, and rigidity driven by anxiety (beyond symptom management, with attention to underlying emotional and relational dynamics)

  • ADHD and executive functioning challenges, particularly in adults navigating overwhelm, inconsistency, or self-criticism (focus, follow-through, emotional reactivity, and burnout rather than “productivity hacks”)

 

Mood, Stress & High-Demand Contexts

  • Depression and mood difficulties, including persistent emptiness, loss of direction, or shutdown following prolonged stress or trauma

  • Anxiety and stress-related concerns, such as chronic worry, panic responses, or somatic tension

  • Work stress and burnout, especially among high-responsibility, high-performing, or caregiving professionals

 

Relationships, Identity & Culture

  • Relationship difficulties, including high-conflict cycles, emotional disconnection, and attachment injuries

  • Immigration-related stress and identity transitions, including cross-cultural, intergenerational, and role-shift challenges

  • Gender, sexuality, and relationship diversity, including LGBTQ+ clients and nontraditional relationship structures

Therapeutic Frameworks

Dr. Baer’s clinical work is grounded in a trauma-informed and culturally responsive perspective. She integrates approaches commonly used in work with complex trauma, emotion regulation difficulties, obsessive-compulsive patterns, neurodivergence, and high-conflict relational dynamics, including:

  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)

  • Trauma-adapted Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

  • The Gottman Method as relational framework, with Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) as clinical approach (for couples)

  • Structural family therapy with a strengths-based orientation

  • Goal-clarification and solution-focused support for short-term consultation or specific decision points

  • Feminist and queer-responsive clinical approaches to identity, power, and relational dynamics

Experiential & Role-Oriented Work

When appropriate, Dr. Baer integrates experiential, action-based methods to support change in patterns that do not reliably shift through insight, relfection, or prior therapy alone, particularly those rooted in trauma, attachment, or long-standing relational roles.

 

This includes her Role-Oriented Integrated (ROI) model, a research-published framework that supports change across emotional, relational, and body-based patterns.

 

Experiential work is always invitational, carefully paced, and integrated within a solid clinical structure.

Professional Background

Before entering the mental health field, Dr. Baer worked in law, public relations, business development, and nonprofit sectors. This background informs a practical, systems-aware approach that resonates with clients navigating complex personal and professional environments.

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Clinically, she has worked across community mental health, school-based services, and intensive outpatient settings, supporting children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families with diverse needs.

Credentials & Educations

  • Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (CA) — BBS #135141

  • Registered Drama Therapist — NADTA #854

  • PhD, Human Sexuality — California Institute of Integral Studies

  • MA, Counseling Psychology — CIIS

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