About Jessica
Jessica O'Connor-Rathbun is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana. She focuses on common and painful struggles like anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship problems. Jessica aims to create a calm, accepting space so people can talk through what feels overwhelming and start finding clearer steps forward.
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people understand their emotions and behavior. Sessions often include tools for managing stress, improving communication, and addressing attachment or abandonment concerns.
How Jessica works
Jessica also helps clients who are carrying guilt, shame, or the effects of past abuse. Her practice pays attention to everyday pressures such as caregiver strain, blended family challenges, first responder stress, and fatherhood issues. She supports people working through family of origin wounds and problems that spill into current relationships.
Codependency, commitment worries, impulsivity, and emptiness are common topics in her work. Jessica has three years of clinical experience as an LPC in Louisiana. She describes her role as guiding and teaching practical skills while also listening for the deeper patterns that keep people stuck.
The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Therapy with Jessica can include talking and skill practice tailored to each person's needs. She emphasizes clear communication, emotional awareness, and gradual changes that fit daily life.
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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Jessica uses structured, evidence-based techniques that focus on understanding emotions and changing unhelpful patterns. One common approach she applies helps people identify and reframe negative thoughts and beliefs that feed anxiety or depression, offering concrete exercises to practice between sessions. Another approach centers on processing traumatic or painful experiences in a paced way so emotions feel more manageable and memories less disruptive to daily life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jessica collaborates with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and comfort level. She tailors session pace and tools so clients can try strategies and adjust what helps most over time.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for a full conversation and skill practice, phone can be lower bandwidth or easier when moving around, live chat allows quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to fit therapy into busy lives while keeping focus on steady, practical progress.
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