About Jessica
Jessica Stern greets people with a practical, down-to-earth style. She focuses on clear goals and steady progress, especially when stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, trauma, parenting, or life changes feel overwhelming. Jessica speaks English and Spanish and brings three decades of experience as a clinician and coach in New Hampshire.
Her work is straightforward and collaborative. She helps people name what matters most, set achievable steps, and practice new ways of coping between sessions.
How Jessica works
Humor and warmth are part of her approach when appropriate, and she keeps the tone respectful and sensitive. Jessica draws on several therapy methods to match each person's needs. She uses cognitive-behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
She also weaves in psychodynamic perspective to look at long-standing patterns and attachment-based thinking to strengthen relationships. Trauma-focused tools are used when past events get in the way of daily life. Clients who have faced adoption or foster care issues, abandonment, family of origin struggles, immigration stress, or serious health concerns such as cancer can expect concrete strategies alongside emotional processing.
She also supports people dealing with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, identity and LGBT concerns, and midlife transitions. Jessica pairs assessment and coaching skills with therapy to create plans that fit each person's goals. She has worked extensively with Hispanic communities and offers services in Spanish.
Her credential is NH Psychologist 937 and her practice is based in New Hampshire.
Jessica lists 6 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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NH Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Hampshire |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current bonds and communication. Online sessions help people practice new interaction patterns and improve emotional connection in real life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises. That work adapts well to video or phone sessions with homework and brief check-ins.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Jessica will work together with each client to decide which methods fit best for their goals, symptoms, and preferences. That decision is revisited as progress unfolds so plans stay practical and relevant.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging make shorter check-ins and step-by-step coaching possible between longer sessions, offering flexibility for busy schedules and different communication styles.
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