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Jessica Erickson

Compassionate counselor focused on practical parenting support

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
5 years
Licensed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Jessica

Jessica Erickson is a licensed professional counselor in Missouri with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on common and intense concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship and family matters, and grief. Jessica uses a warm, down-to-earth manner and often brings gentle humor when it helps clients relax.

She centers sessions on each person’s story and treats clients as the experts on their lives.

Background and approach

Jessica draws from several practical approaches to shape sessions. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot and shift unhelpful thinking. She incorporates dialectical behavior skills to teach emotional regulation and coping tools.

Client-centered principles guide how she listens and responds, making space for each client’s values and goals. Her work also addresses specific areas like compassion fatigue, intimacy-related issues, bipolar and mood disorders, self-esteem, anger, and LGBT-related concerns. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, attachment and abandonment issues, caregiver stress, codependency, dissociation, and trauma-related symptoms.

Treatment plans are tailored to the person, not one-size-fits-all. Sessions may include practical skill-building, problem-solving, and moments for reflection. Jessica pays attention to safety and pacing when trauma is part of the story.

She aims to help clients find clearer ways to cope and move forward. Jessica practices under the LPC credential, license number MO LPC 2019005725. She provides services in English and accepts international clients through online formats.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Jessica uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior in practical ways; CBT is often chosen for anxiety, depression, and struggle with daily routines. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy to teach skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing which approach to use is a collaborative step. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels comfortable. From there she tailors the mix of techniques and checks in regularly to make sure the plan is working for the client.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet: video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules, access support from different locations, and use brief check-ins when helpful. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and skill practice to each format so that work continues between sessions and progress is measurable.

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Jessica address?
Her work includes stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting, grief, relationship and family issues, and related areas such as compassion fatigue and intimacy challenges.
How would she describe her therapy style?
She combines a warm, client-centered presence with practical tools and occasional humor to make sessions approachable and useful.
What is her professional background?
Jessica has five years of counseling experience and uses a mix of CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational approaches in her work.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - practicing in Missouri with license number MO LPC 2019005725.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, depending on client preference.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a session or set up therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
5 years
Licensed
Missouri
Languages
English

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