Jessica Erickson, LPC

Jessica Erickson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on common concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and abuse, and parenting challenges. She also supports people facing relationship strain, grief, compassion fatigue, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy.

Her style is warm and straightforward. She listens first and treats each person as the expert on their life. Humor is used when it fits, and sessions are aimed at practical change rather than long lectures.

Jessica uses a blend of approaches, including cognitive behavioral work, dialectical behavior strategies, and client-centered methods. That means she helps people notice patterns of thinking, learn skills to manage strong emotions, and steer conversations to what matters most to them.

She has spent five years helping people cope with complex problems such as mood disorders, attachment and abandonment concerns, domestic violence effects, dissociation, and obsessive thinking. Treatment plans are tailored to each person and their goals.

Jessica offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. She speaks English and accepts international clients. New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions through the Start Therapy flow.

Practical therapy approaches for online care

Jessica commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and obsessive thinking. Dialectical behavior therapy emphasizes skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness, which helps when emotions feel overwhelming.

She also uses client-centered techniques that prioritize the person's own goals and perspective. Finding the right mix of approaches is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level rather than forcing a single style.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy schedules and different communication preferences. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging makes ongoing notes and brief coaching possible. These options make it easier to keep consistent appointments and practice skills between sessions.