About Jessica
Jessica Otton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker holding an LCSW in Florida with nine years of practice. She earned her social work degrees from Florida Gulf Coast University and has spent much of her career in medical social work and hospice settings. Jessica has also worked in substance abuse rehabilitation and independent practice environments.
She helps people facing grief, loss, and end-of-life concerns drawing on long experience in hospice care across inpatient, home, and nursing home settings.
How Jessica works
She also supports people managing depression, anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, and challenges related to addiction. Jessica addresses practical problems such as caregiving strain, chronic illness and disability, and aging-related concerns. Her counseling style centers on a strengths-based, client-centered approach.
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and solution-focused methods to set clear, manageable goals. Mindfulness and attention to attachment patterns also shape how she works with clients. Sessions focus on building a trusting relationship and on concrete steps clients can take between meetings.
She aims to partner with people so goals come from the client and progress is measurable. Jessica’s background in medical and hospice settings informs a practical, compassionate way of talking about difficult topics. Clients can expect straightforward guidance, short-term skills for coping, and a focus on achievable changes.
Her practice is located in Florida and she conducts sessions in English.
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
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Jessica’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. In sessions this can mean looking at trust, connection, and how people relate to others to reduce relationship stress and improve emotional safety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thinking and build healthier habits for anxiety, depression, and mood swings. Solution-focused therapy emphasizes clear, short-term goals and small steps that create change quickly, often useful for coping with life transitions and practical problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jessica collaborates with each person to identify goals and then tries approaches that match those goals and preferences. The work is adjusted as needs change so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules and situations. Video is useful for longer conversations and visual connection, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving duties, or health-related constraints while keeping a consistent relationship with a licensed professional.
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