About Jessica
Jessica Manley is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns. She also supports those dealing with trauma, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, low self-esteem, and career strain.
Her style is direct and compassionate. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. She listens closely, then works with each person to pick tools that fit their life.
How Jessica works
Jessica uses approaches that aim to change unhelpful thoughts and habits, uncover patterns from past experiences, and build motivation for change. She blends Client-Centered principles with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to tailor sessions to individual needs. People can expect conversations that move between identifying immediate coping skills and exploring deeper life patterns.
Work often includes short-term, solution-focused steps alongside exploration of attachment and relational themes. The goal is useful strategies that can be applied between sessions. Jessica offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
Services are provided in English and follow Florida LMHC practice. The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button, completes a brief matching questionnaire, and schedules according to therapist availability.
Jessica aims to make the first steps straightforward and manageable.
Jessica lists 5 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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches and what online work looks like
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to the person's experience so they feel understood and supported; it helps with self-esteem, relationship concerns, and finding direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons for change and builds momentum for tackling addictions or other difficult behaviors.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest a mix of approaches. That plan can change as needs evolve, and the process is collaborative from the start.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video visits allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text messaging provide shorter check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, or travel.
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A practical next step
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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