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Jessica Coburn

Calm, practical support for overwhelming moments

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Credentials
LMHC
Experience
15 years
Licensed in
Iowa
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Jessica

Jessica Coburn is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Iowa with 15 years of clinical experience. She offers clear, practical support for people who feel overwhelmed by sudden crises, ongoing health struggles, or major life transitions. Her style is direct and collaborative, aimed at helping clients regain footing and find workable next steps.

Jessica provides both brief, focused crisis work and longer-term care when needed. Crisis appointments are designed to de-escalate intense emotion, clarify the core problem, and leave clients with a short, actionable plan.

Background and approach

For ongoing needs she blends conversation with concrete tools so progress continues between sessions. She also has a strong focus on the challenges that come with chronic pain, medical trauma, and cancer history. Therapy addresses grief, medical fatigue, anxiety around scans and appointments, and the social isolation that illness can bring.

Jessica avoids minimizing experiences and aims for practical strategies rather than platitudes. Her practice emphasizes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and mindfulness-based techniques. Sessions often include structured journaling and purposeful exercises tailored to daily life.

Motivational interviewing is used when people are making changes or weighing difficult choices. Jessica aims for work that feels realistic and sustainable. She partners with clients to set goals that fit their circumstances and values.

The focus is on tangible steps people can take between sessions to reduce stress and move forward.

How Jessica’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, chronic health stress, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change those patterns, which can help with mood, anxiety, and sleep. Client-Centered Therapy creates a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person’s goals shape the work and the therapist follows the client’s lead.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Jessica will work with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as the work progresses to keep things useful and realistic.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into everyday life by cutting travel time, allowing shorter check-ins around workbreaks, or offering therapy when local providers are limited. Discuss scheduling preferences and practical needs during the matching process so sessions can be arranged to suit daily routines.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

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 kinds of problems does Jessica help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, career concerns, eating and sleeping issues, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and direct, mixing conversation with practical exercises. Sessions aim to produce clear, usable steps clients can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working with people facing crises, chronic health concerns, mood challenges, and life transitions.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She is an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - practicing in Iowa.
Are sessions available in other languages or outside the U.S.?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking to learn how sessions are scheduled and delivered.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
15 years
Licensed
Iowa
Languages
English

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