About Jessica
Jessica Criner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family concerns, trauma, and self-esteem struggles. She keeps sessions straightforward and practical so clients can take small, clear steps forward. Jessica aims to help people feel more steady and in control again.
With seven years of clinical experience, she draws on approaches that address thoughts, emotions, and attachment patterns. Jessica uses methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to value-driven action.
How Jessica works
She also uses Attachment-Based and Emotionally-Focused ideas to look at how connection and past relationships shape current reactions. Jessica often works with people who carry wounds from abuse, abandonment, or multicultural and immigration stressors. She supports those dealing with infidelity, blended family tensions, codependency, guilt, shame, and postpartum depression.
Her sessions can include practical coping skills, emotion regulation strategies, and work on repairing or clarifying relational patterns. Therapy with her is collaborative. She listens to each person’s story and then tailors the approach to the problem at hand.
That might mean short-term skill building or deeper work on trauma and attachment over time. Jessica offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for people in California. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and she conducts work in English.
Jessica lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches translated for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and when life changes make decisions feel overwhelming.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current connections and reactions. It helps people understand patterns of closeness, abandonment, and trust so they can make different choices in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica will collaborate to identify which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That can mean combining ACT, attachment work, and skill-based strategies from CBT or DBT to match where someone is in their life.
Online sessions can make that process easier to fit into daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper relational work. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are good for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter communication helps keep progress moving. These options make therapy more flexible and accessible while keeping the focus on practical change.
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