Jamie OConnor, LCSW

Jamie OConnor is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of practice in Wisconsin. She uses practical, evidence-informed methods like cognitive behavioral therapy to help people manage everyday struggles. She aims to meet people where they are and offer steady, respectful support.

Her work focuses on stress and anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship concerns. She also addresses family and parenting challenges, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, anger, and self-esteem. ADHD, career changes, and coping with life transitions are included in her practice as well.

Jamie draws from a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports values-based choices, and client-centered methods prioritize the person’s experience in the moment.

She has considerable experience with attachment and abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, and family of origin problems. Other areas she works with include codependency, communication and control issues, commitment worries, and caregiver stress.

Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Jamie tailors the pace and techniques to each person’s situation. People who are looking for practical tools alongside emotional support often find this approach useful.

How CBT, ACT, and Client-Centered Work Online

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online sessions let a therapist and client practice these strategies together with real-life homework and quick check-ins between meetings. ACT emphasizes values and committed action, helping people accept difficult feelings while moving toward what matters most. That can be explored through conversations, values exercises, and short practices done between sessions. Client-centered therapy centers the person’s own experience and priorities, giving space to feel heard and to steer the work at a comfortable pace.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try methods, adjust as needed, and focus on what helps the person make progress in day-to-day life.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls make it possible to have full face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send quick updates, try written exercises, or check in between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines and to maintain steady support.