About Jessica
Jessica Grayer-Brumfield is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and ADHD. She practices from Illinois and offers straightforward, practical support for everyday struggles. Her approach centers on listening first and then working with each person to set clear goals.
Jessica uses a mix of familiar therapy methods to help people make tangible changes. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to build a trusting relationship and uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns that affect mood and behavior.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help with focus and managing strong emotions. People come to her for a wide range of concerns, including parenting stress, career pressure, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and mood disorders such as bipolar and postpartum depression. She also supports those coping with life transitions, grief, and challenges related to adoption and foster care.
Sessions are collaborative. Jessica helps clients set the pace and goals, and she offers practical skills between meetings. She emphasizes small, doable steps so progress feels achievable rather than overwhelming.
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She encourages curiosity about patterns of thinking and behavior, and she helps people build routines that support better focus, mood, and relationships. Jessica aims to make therapy a useful part of everyday life.
Approaches to focus and emotion regulation online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the person sets the pace and goals; it helps people feel heard and decide what changes matter most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete strategies to shift unhelpful thinking patterns and behavior for issues like anxiety, mood changes, and attention struggles. Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus and emotional regulation.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, symptoms, and daily life, then recommend methods to try first. Plans are adjusted as needed so the work matches what feels useful and doable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills; phone can work when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to share quick updates, practice strategies between appointments, or get support when writing feels easier than speaking. These options increase flexibility so therapy can fit into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Iowa
- Languages
- English
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