About Jessica
Jessica Gerson is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for common struggles like anxiety, depression, stress, ADHD, and parenting concerns. Jessica speaks plain language and aims to make therapy feel doable for busy people.
She draws on both professional experience and things she learned in her own life when she faced anxiety and depression.
Background and approach
That background helps her stay realistic about how hard change can be. Jessica emphasizes a warm, collaborative relationship as the starting point for work together. Her sessions typically combine short-term tools with deeper exploration.
She helps people build a toolbox of concrete skills they can use between sessions. That can include strategies for managing strong emotions, improving sleep, handling impulsivity, or addressing relationship and intimacy concerns. Jessica uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs.
She adapts her style so the work fits the client rather than forcing a single method. Many people appreciate that she aims to be encouraging while also offering straightforward feedback and practical steps to try.
Beyond anxiety and mood concerns, Jessica also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, identity questions including LGBT and gender dysphoria issues, body image and sexual diversity topics like BDSM and kink, and life transitions like career change or fertility concerns. She works with individual adults and with people who want help navigating family and parenting stress in their own lives.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and make choices that align with their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and dealing with life changes by teaching practical exercises to stay present and act toward meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing thinking and behavior patterns that keep problems going. It works well for anxiety, anger, sleep problems, and impulsivity by giving concrete strategies to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She may combine short-term skills training with deeper exploration, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, shorter work between full sessions, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options help fit therapy into work, parenting, or other busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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