About Jessica
Jessica Pustka is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with nine years of experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and big life changes. Jessica aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable and straightforward for a worried parent or an overwhelmed young adult.
Jessica helps people build everyday skills to cope better. She encourages clients to speak up for themselves and to try simple self-care and coping routines.
How Jessica works
Sessions are focused on small, useful steps rather than long lectures. Her work often addresses parenting strain, family tension, grief, and career stress alongside self-esteem concerns. She also gives extra attention to issues common in young adulthood, like transitions and finding direction.
Clients leave with clear tools to use between sessions. Jessica uses several evidence-based approaches to guide her work, and she adapts them to the person in front of her. She keeps sessions practical and goal-oriented, helping people try new strategies and notice what does or does not work.
Her usual hours are during the workday, roughly 8 am to 5 pm. To begin, a person can choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that fits both schedules. Jessica supports steady progress in a straightforward, respectful way.
Jessica lists 3 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
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) invites people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move a person toward a life that matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more useful actions and coping skills. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress in the moment.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jessica will talk with each person about goals and day-to-day challenges and then recommend ways to try one or more approaches. That collaborative process makes it easier to tailor sessions to a person's needs, pace, and preferences.
Online therapy with Jessica uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or a quieter setting is needed. Live chat and text messaging let someone check in or use short sessions during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or school schedules while using approaches that focus on skills and real-life practice.
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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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