- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts, Vermont
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Jessica
Jessica Hartmann is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on common concerns parents bring up, such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting challenges, and relationship strain. Jessica uses straightforward, practical methods and aims to meet people where they are.
She trained at Simmons School of Social Work and has worked in hospitals, primary care, schools, legal settings, and community agencies.
Background and approach
That variety means she is used to different kinds of days and schedules. Her background also includes personal life experience that informs how she connects with people. Jessica takes a client-centered approach.
Sessions begin by listening and learning what is most important to each person. From there she offers coping strategies, communication ideas, and behavior-change steps tailored to individual needs. She also draws on trauma-focused and attachment-informed methods when past hurt affects current parenting or relationships.
That can mean looking at patterns that repeat and practicing new ways of responding. The goal is practical change, not jargon. Therapy with her often mixes short-term skill-building and deeper work depending on what a person wants.
Sessions can include talk, problem-solving, and simple at-home practices people can try between meetings. Jessica frames therapy as a partnership aimed at clearer goals and everyday improvements.
What Jessica works with
Everything Jessica lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jessica helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Jessica lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Parenting Support
Jessica often uses client-centered work and trauma-focused therapy in online sessions. Client-centered therapy means she focuses on understanding each person's experience and moves at their pace, which helps when parents need practical support and a nonjudgmental space. Trauma-focused therapy looks at how past hurt affects current feelings and behaviors, and it can help people manage triggers, panic, or lingering stress related to childbirth, loss, or abuse.Finding the right approach is treated as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels doable. Together they decide whether to focus on immediate coping skills, examine deeper patterns from attachment history, or blend approaches over time.
Online formats offer a range of practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit a walk or a short break without needing video. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, short problem-solving, or when writing out thoughts helps more than talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting schedules and accommodate different comfort levels with technology.
Questions people ask about Jessica
What kinds of parenting concerns are addressed?
Jessica supports parents facing stress, anxiety, postpartum concerns, adoption and foster care issues, and attachment questions. She also helps with family problems and parenting-related relationship strain.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and practical. She listens first, then offers coping tools, communication strategies, and behavior-change steps tailored to individual needs.
What is her professional background?
Jessica graduated from Simmons School of Social Work in 2017 and has eight years of experience practicing in hospitals, primary care, schools, legal settings, and community agencies.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, LICSW, licensed in Massachusetts and holds LICSW credentials from MA and VT as listed.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and payment work?
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 Jessica?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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