About Jessica
Jessica Skinner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Texas with 15 years of practice. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, and big life changes. Jessica uses straightforward, practical methods so conversations stay focused and useful.
She trained at the University of California at Berkeley and earned a master’s degree in social work from Columbia University. Jessica has been licensed in Texas since 2006 and has worked as a psychotherapist since 2008.
Background and approach
That background informs a steady, experienced approach to common and complex concerns. In sessions she keeps things collaborative and goal-oriented. She listens first, then helps set small, clear steps people can try between meetings.
Her work blends talk about present problems with tools to change unhelpful patterns of thought and behavior. Jessica draws on several approaches to match what each person needs. She often uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to manage mood and worry, and solution-focused ideas to create short-term plans.
She also brings a client-centered stance that prioritizes each person’s values and pace. She offers services in English and Spanish and works with a wide range of concerns including trauma, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, mood disorders, and workplace stress. Jessica aims to make seeking help feel manageable and practical for people who are ready to try something different.
Approaches and how online sessions work
Jessica commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or address ADHD-related challenges. Client-centered therapy centers on active listening and helping the person set their own pace and goals, which is useful when someone needs space to talk through personal values and priorities.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose or blend methods based on their goals, symptoms, and what feels most useful in practice. That process may change over time as needs shift or progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep consistent work on stress, mood, ADHD, or relationship concerns without rearranging a full day.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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