About Jessica
Jessica Busekist is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings ten years of experience helping people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, trauma, and parenting strains. Jessica aims to create a calm, practical space where clients set the pace for their work and goals.
She uses approaches that center on the person in front of her. That means conversations focus on what matters to the client and on building skills that fit everyday life.
How Jessica works
Jessica also offers EMDR for people processing traumatic memories and motivational interviewing when someone is weighing change. Many people come for help with mood problems, low self-esteem, anger, or relationship and communication struggles. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
She helps people sort grief, forgiveness, guilt, and life-purpose questions in clear, step-by-step ways. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented when needed. Jessica can use solution-focused techniques to identify small steps that lead to quick relief and longer-term change.
She encourages clients to try approaches and then adjust them together based on what helps. Her style is direct but warm. Jessica listens closely, asks straightforward questions, and helps people build tools they can use between sessions.
She works with adults in English and provides therapy by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging for those in New York.
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What Jessica works with
The areas below are the ones Jessica selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's perspective and priorities. The therapist listens without judgment and helps people make choices that feel right for them, which is useful for concerns like anxiety, low self-esteem, and life changes.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, helps people process painful memories by combining focused recall with guided bilateral stimulation. It is often used for post-traumatic stress and other trauma-related symptoms and can be adapted for online video sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they decide whether to try EMDR, motivational interviewing, solution-focused steps, or a more client-centered path and then adjust as they go.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls support EMDR and longer talk sessions, phone sessions can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text-based messaging works well for shorter updates, skill practice, or when someone prefers writing. These options give flexibility while keeping the focus on progress and practical skill building.
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