About Jessica
Jessica Drennen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addiction, trauma, and relationship concerns. She writes plainly and listens closely so people can name what feels hard and find workable steps forward. She keeps sessions focused and practical.
Jessica uses conversations to clarify priorities and then tries strategies that fit a person's life. That might mean practicing new ways to cope, looking at patterns that get in the way, or testing small behavior changes between meetings.
Background and approach
Jessica draws on 14 years of clinical experience in North Carolina. She has worked with people who struggle with grief, parenting stress, eating and body image issues, anger, and coping with big life changes. She also addresses concerns related to adoption, attachment, codependency, and compassion fatigue.
Her approach is collaborative. She blends client-centered work with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. Sessions are conversational and aim to leave people with clear tools to try at home.
Jessica is direct about hard topics and willing to talk about identity, discrimination, and difficult feelings when those things matter to the person in front of her. She helps people set realistic goals and move step by step toward them. The process is paced to each person's needs and comfort.
How Jessica’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. It emphasizes empathy and respect and helps people explore what matters most to them and set their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete exercises to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change unhelpful habits.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Jessica will work with each person to decide which methods fit their situation, goals, and preferences. That might mean trying CBT exercises for a period, adding mindfulness practices, or using motivational interviewing to boost readiness for change. The approach can be adjusted over time based on what helps.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues are useful. Phone sessions are a good option when internet bandwidth is limited or a hands-free check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send short updates, ask quick questions, or keep momentum between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep working on skills between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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