Jessica Panagiotidis
Family-focused LCSW offering practical support
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Jessica
Jessica Panagiotidis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She focuses on family and parenting concerns, including blended family dynamics, divorce and separation, and co-parenting challenges. Her style is warm, collaborative, and nonjudgmental, aimed at helping clients feel heard and understood.
She draws on a background in social work and vocational rehabilitation to combine emotional support with practical problem solving. Jessica uses straightforward techniques to build coping skills, clarify goals, and strengthen confidence during change.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on day-to-day solutions that make family life more manageable. Jessica earned a Master of Social Work from Adelphi University and a Master of Arts in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling from Hofstra University. Across six years as an LCSW in New York she has worked with people at different stages of life and with varied challenges.
Her work includes supporting those dealing with trauma, panic attacks, self-harm concerns, and complex family problems. She also helps people manage workplace stress, financial anxieties, and questions about life purpose. The approach is tailored to each person’s needs rather than following one fixed method.
Therapy with Jessica emphasizes practical steps and real-world changes. She helps clients recognize strengths, set achievable goals, and develop strategies to improve relationships and daily functioning. Prospective clients are encouraged to consider which issues feel most urgent before starting.
To begin, she asks people to reflect on current concerns and goals so sessions can focus on meaningful progress from the first meetings.
Practical therapies that fit family life
Jessica uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address everyday problems and family transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more workable thinking, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, concrete changes and short-term goals to help families and individuals see quick progress during stressful times.She also draws on strengths-based approaches to highlight a person’s existing resources and on trauma-informed practices when past events affect current functioning. These methods focus on what a client can build on and how to move forward step by step. Deciding which approaches to use is collaborative; the therapist and client will talk about goals and preferences and try methods that feel like a good fit.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy family schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. The therapist will help match a session style to your needs, whether you want focused skills work, support navigating parenting transitions, or help managing panic and trauma symptoms.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
Next step
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- Stop at any point