About Jesse
Jesse Palermo is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 14 years of experience. He focuses on practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, mood swings, or relationship problems. Jesse works with clients who are dealing with addictions, grief, sexual or intimacy concerns, or questions about identity and self-esteem.
He uses straightforward conversations to identify what matters most to each person. Sessions are shaped to match individual needs and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
How Jesse works
Jesse pays attention to how symptoms show up in daily life, like trouble sleeping, difficulties at work, or strained communication with others. His work draws on several clinical approaches, including client-centered methods that prioritize the person’s experience, cognitive behavioral techniques to tackle unhelpful thinking and behaviors, and dialectical behavior tools for managing intense emotions.
He also incorporates relationship-focused ideas when appropriate to address communication and connection issues. Jesse treats concerns such as ADHD, compassion fatigue, body image, eating issues, and caregiving stress along with mood disorders like bipolar and depression. He also supports people navigating aging, blended family dynamics, and nontraditional sexual cultures.
Practical coping strategies and clear steps for change are central to his style. People who want a respectful, nonjudgmental space and a therapist who adapts to their goals may find his approach helpful. He aims to make each session useful and applicable to real life.
Jesse lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Jesse works with
The areas below are the ones Jesse selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person’s experience and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship. Online sessions let the therapist listen closely and follow the client’s lead to set goals and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to shift patterns; that work can be done through exercises, homework, and focused conversations during video or text sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches specific skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, such as distress tolerance and emotion regulation, which can be practiced and coached in live sessions or reinforced through messaging.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit the situation, and adjust the plan as progress is made. The emphasis is on what helps the person make day-to-day changes and feel more in control.
Online therapy here is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and role-play, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat is convenient for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets someone share thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep work going between appointments.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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