- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Jessica
Jessica Skinner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of clinical experience. She practices in Texas and offers therapy in both English and Spanish. Jessica focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and parenting challenges.
She favors straightforward, practical conversations that help people handle daily struggles. Sessions often include concrete strategies for managing anxiety, mood shifts, and overwhelming stress. She also helps people process grief, trauma, and life transitions in ways that fit their routines.
Background and approach
Jessica trained at the University of California at Berkeley, earning a bachelor's degree in social welfare, and completed a Master of Social Work at Columbia University. She has been a licensed social worker in Texas since 2006 and has been working as a psychotherapist since 2008. Her style blends client-centered listening with evidence-based tools.
That means she starts by understanding what matters most to the person and then introduces methods that match their goals. Many sessions focus on clear steps people can try between meetings. Parents often come for help with parenting stress, postpartum mood changes, and blended family tensions.
Jessica also supports people with relationship worries, workplace stress, ADHD-related struggles, and identity concerns. She treats concerns such as panic, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Therapy is a collaborative process.
Jessica works with each person to pick approaches that fit their needs and daily life. She encourages small, manageable changes that add up over time.
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
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jessica lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-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 care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist creates a respectful space and helps clients identify their own goals and strengths, which often helps with relationship struggles, parenting stress, and self-esteem issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and step-by-step techniques to reduce anxiety, manage mood swings, and address panic or compulsive reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit their situation and goals. That collaborative process may mix listening-focused work with targeted CBT techniques or short-term solution-focused steps.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options give flexibility for parents and working people to get care without long commutes and to try formats that match their daily routine.
Questions people ask about Jessica
What issues does she help people with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, parenting concerns, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, mood disorders, and related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and collaborative, combining listening with concrete strategies people can try between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
She has worked as a psychotherapist since 2008 and has 15 years of clinical experience overall.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - licensed in Texas and practices there.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How do costs and subscriptions work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
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