About Jessica
Jessica Hobart is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and shaken self-esteem. She speaks plainly and aims to create a calm space where clients can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Jessica acknowledges that starting therapy takes courage and recognizes that small steps matter.
She brings four years of professional experience and is licensed in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. Sessions tend to center on practical coping strategies for day-to-day challenges.
How Jessica works
Jessica helps people build confidence, find motivation, and adjust to major life changes. Jessica also supports those facing compassion fatigue and caregiver stress. She works with concerns related to aging, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and issues that overlap with substance use or co-morbid conditions.
Other areas she addresses include body image, eating-related struggles, money worries, workplace stress, and trauma-related symptoms. Her approach emphasizes listening first, then working together on concrete steps. Clients can expect straightforward conversation, reflective feedback, and realistic goals to try between sessions.
The therapist adjusts pacing to each person's needs and comfort level. Jessica offers sessions in English and accepts clients from outside the United States. She aims to make therapy useful and manageable for people balancing work, family, and health concerns.
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.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Iowa |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Jessica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and emotional recovery. One approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test more balanced ways of thinking so anxiety and low mood become easier to manage. Another approach emphasizes building small, doable habits and coping skills to manage stress, grief, and difficult life transitions.Finding the right method is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose and adapt approaches based on their needs, goals, and comfort level. This means trying options, checking what helps, and shifting course when needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work for brief check-ins, homework review, or when writing thoughts out feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapy consistent and practical.
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