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Online therapist

Jessica Andrews

Helping parents navigate family stress and change

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
13 years
Licensed in
New Mexico, Texas, Arizona
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Jessica

Jessica Andrews is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on family and parenting concerns among a wide range of life struggles. She offers a calm, straightforward approach that aims to reduce stress and improve everyday functioning. Parents who feel overwhelmed by relationship strain, anger, or changes at home may find her style direct and practical.

Jessica works from Texas and communicates in English. Jessica uses clear, down-to-earth conversations rather than jargon.

Background and approach

She draws on thirteen years of experience as an LCSW to help people handle anxiety, depression, career pressures, and addiction-related challenges. She also addresses issues like body image, self-esteem, and intimacy-related problems. Her work includes attention to attachment issues, blended family concerns, adoption and foster care topics, and caregiver stress.

She also supports people dealing with communication problems, codependency, and commitment or control issues. Jessica is familiar with a range of personality and mood concerns, including avoidant and dependent personality patterns and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder. Therapy with her may include strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to help change unhelpful thinking and behavior.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to strengthen close relationships and emotion-focused techniques to manage strong feelings. Dialectical behavior skills are used when people need concrete tools for emotional regulation. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Approaches that guide online family and parenting work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how close relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people notice patterns in how they relate to loved ones and try new ways of connecting to reduce conflict and distance.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and then practices new ways of thinking and acting. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday problems where short-term skills can make a difference.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and together decide which methods to use. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to family or parenting needs instead of using a one-size-fits-all plan.

Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, childcare, or other commitments. Sessions can take place over video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging so families can choose what fits their schedule. These options make it easier to continue therapy consistently and practice new skills between conversations.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Jessica commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and parenting and family topics among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and interactive with straightforward conversation. She focuses on practical skills and clear steps clients can try between sessions.
What background does she bring to sessions?
Jessica has thirteen years of experience as an LCSW and has supported people dealing with trauma, emotional abuse, workplace stress, and family transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) with AZ LCSW LCSW-21956 and NM LCSW C-10886, and she practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

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Experience
13 years
Licensed
New Mexico, Texas, Arizona
Languages
English

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