Interview with Jessie Maness, LCSW by Susan Hamlin, RCMS Board Member

Jessi Maness, LCSW is the lead in our Behavioral Health department. Jessi has been with RCMS since March 2020, just after the pandemic began and she hit the ground running. Originally, Jessi came to us from Sheffield, Alabama and went to the Tuscaloosa campus of the University of Alabama where she studied and was awarded her master’s in social work in 2010, and came to California in 2015.
 
Jessi was inspired to become a therapist after her own experience as a patient. She was impressed with the usefulness and the process of psychotherapy and wanted to offer that experience to other people. Jessi has become highly educated in a number if therapeutic processes. In addition to psychodynamic psychotherapy, she is certified to do EMDR, Imagery and Somatic Resourcing. These are important tools as trauma is a relatively common aspect of what brings people into therapy and these tools are extremely helpful in their treatment. Jessi has also specialized in gerontology.
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Working at RCMS has given her the opportunity to work with many different kinds of patients which she truly values and Jessi has greatly appreciated working at RCMS. She was part of the amazing team that got us through the rough times of the pandemic and has seen our Clinic grow and thrive through that very difficult time.
 
Outside of work, Jessi writes songs and music which she plays on her guitar. When I asked her how she got into that, she reminded me that she comes from Alabama, a hotbed of music and it’s in her soul. 

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