Jerrilynn Pratt-Mullen, LMHC
Compassionate counselor helping parents rewrite their story
Book with Jerrilynn- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York, Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Jerrilynn
Jerrilynn Pratt-Mullen is a licensed mental health counselor with ten years of experience helping people navigate painful life chapters. She brings a direct, compassionate presence and focuses on helping clients notice their inner signals and change the stories that keep them stuck. She commonly works with concerns such as addiction, trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, and burnout.
Jerrilynn emphasizes practical skills alongside deeper self-understanding. Sessions often include looking at thinking patterns, emotional reactions, and repeated behaviors that maintain distress.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with a wide range of challenges including attachment issues, adoption and foster care matters, body image and eating concerns, chronic illness and caregiver stress, ADHD, and codependency. She combines structured techniques with empathic listening to help people build resilience and clearer goals.
Jerrilynn uses evidence-informed tools like cognitive behavioral methods and skills from dialectical behavior approaches to interrupt unhelpful cycles. Clients can expect an approach that mixes problem-solving with attention to values, relationships, and meaning. She encourages self-compassion, boundary setting, and honest reflection while guiding change in day-to-day habits.
The goal is less reactivity and more choice in how life is lived. Jerrilynn practices in Florida as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, working in English. She offers multiple online formats to fit different schedules and routines.
What Jerrilynn works with
Everything Jerrilynn lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jerrilynn helps people with.
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jerrilynn lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Evidence-informed approaches for online parenting support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take actions that match those values. It can be useful when parents feel stuck in worry, avoidance, or painful thoughts that get in the way of daily life.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions. This approach can help people understand relationship triggers and build more supported ways of connecting and communicating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean combining short-term skills from cognitive behavioral methods with deeper attachment or acceptance work over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people read facial cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, and ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting schedules and to continue progress outside of weekly meetings.
Questions people ask about Jerrilynn
What concerns does Jerrilynn commonly address?
She helps people with addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, and related concerns such as codependency and burnout.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach blends practical skill-building with emotional work. She uses empathic listening and goal-focused exercises to shift unhelpful thinking and behaviors.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with people affected by substance use, trauma, chronic stress, and complex life changes.
What credentials and location are listed?
Jerrilynn is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with licensure in Florida and New York and practices from Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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