About Jessica
Jessica Gerson is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 12 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting questions, relationship concerns, and struggles around identity and intimacy. People also turn to her for help with sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career stress, ADHD, grief, and trauma and abuse.
Jessica combines practical skills with a warm, collaborative style. She focuses on building simple tools clients can use day to day.
How Jessica works
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on what works for each person rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Her approach draws on a mix of therapies, including acceptance-focused work, client-centered listening, and cognitive techniques that help change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to notice patterns from the past and solution-focused strategies to set concrete short-term goals.
Jessica speaks from both clinical experience and personal understanding of anxiety and depression. She aims to create a supportive space where difficult feelings can be named and worked through. The goal is to leave clients with a practical toolbox for current problems and future challenges.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Jessica is based in Massachusetts and works in English. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
Her training and background as an LICSW and LCSW guide a thoughtful, adaptable practice that balances emotional support with concrete strategies.
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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
- 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
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches shape online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that align with their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where avoidance has become a problem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning; it works well for anxiety, mood struggles, sleep problems, and impulsivity. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the client’s own goals guide the work and self-understanding grows through being heard.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Jessica will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and check in together about what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to adapt the plan as issues change or new priorities emerge.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls are closest to an in-person visit for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people send notes between sessions or use quick, flexible support when schedules are tight. These options increase practicality and continuity of care for many people.
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