Jessica Wansley, LCSW - Therapist in Tennessee

About Jessica

Jessica Wansley is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She offers a straightforward, respectful style and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her tone is warm and direct, with an eye toward what someone needs in the moment.

Jessica draws on twenty years of experience in mental health, including work both inside the United States and abroad.

Background and approach

She mixes evidence-based methods like cognitive behavioral therapy with client-centered listening. In session she listens first, then suggests tools that fit each person’s goals and situation. Her work addresses relationship and family concerns as well as trauma and abuse, parenting stress, addictions, and issues like shame or difficulty with intimacy.

She pays attention to how past experiences influence present choices, and she helps people practice new ways of responding. Jessica uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck. She also uses narrative ideas to help people rewrite harmful stories they tell about themselves.

Treatment plans are adapted to each person rather than following a fixed script. Clients can expect an interactive approach grounded in respect and honesty. Jessica emphasizes small, achievable steps and clear goals.

She encourages people to try new skills between sessions and to check what is or isn’t working as treatment progresses.

How Jessica Uses Practical Approaches Online

Jessica blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral tools to help clients make concrete changes. Client-centered therapy means the therapist listens carefully and follows the person’s lead, creating space for what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.

She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice thoughts and bodily reactions without getting swept away. That practice can be useful for stress, anger, or trauma-related responses. Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the process - the therapist will collaborate with each client to find what matches their goals, needs, and preferences.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. These options let people fit work on relationships, parenting stress, grief, or coping skills into their daily routines. The range of formats supports different comfort levels and schedules while allowing ongoing, consistent work toward personal goals.

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.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Jessica help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and family concerns, addictions, relationship issues, anger, self-esteem, career stress, and coping with life changes.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is interactive and authentic. Sessions combine listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and narrative approaches.

How much experience does she have?

She has twenty years of experience in mental health and has worked both in the U.S. and abroad.

What credentials and location does she hold?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW, TN LCSW 7619, practicing from Tennessee.

Can I work with her if I’m outside the U.S.?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

Which session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.

How are sessions billed?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What should I do to begin therapy?

Choose the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on the therapist’s availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 20 years
Licensed: Tennessee
Languages: English

Next step

Talk to Jessica

Takes a few minutes
Nothing to set up just to look
Stop at any point

Book with Jessica