Therapist profile
Jessica Whittington, LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Family and parenting concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- CBT and DBT methods
About Jessica
Jessica Whittington is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina with 11 years of experience. She helps people who are juggling stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and the everyday strains that come from parenting and family life.
She focuses on straightforward conversation and practical strategies. Sessions are built around listening, checking what matters most to the client, and finding small, usable steps to try between appointments. She uses approaches that emphasize problem solving and skill building to reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning.
Clients can expect a calm, direct style. Jessica aims to make it easier to talk about difficult topics like trauma, addiction, intimacy concerns, and relationship tension. She also works with concerns such as sleep and eating problems, attention difficulties, and career stress.
Her background includes a decade of clinical practice across settings where people brought acute stress, loss, and transitions. That experience shaped an approach that mixes short-term, solution-focused work with longer skills training when needed. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and skills from dialectical behavior work to help manage emotions and behavior.
Jessica also uses motivational interviewing and client-centered methods to support people making changes. Those tools help with things like substance use, broken routines, and low motivation. Her aim is practical: clarify what matters, try manageable changes, and track what helps.
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How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a therapeutic relationship. It helps people feel heard and clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, behaviors, and feelings and teaches practical tools to shift unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and attention-related difficulties. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills can reduce intense reactions and help with anger, relationship stress, and compulsive behaviors.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jessica will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and daily life. She often blends listening-focused work with CBT or DBT skills depending on whether short-term problem solving or longer skills practice is needed.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking since the profile does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove the time spent traveling. They also let people use talk-based and skills-focused work from home or during a break from work without needing extra transit time. Licensed professionals can adapt worksheets, behavioral experiments, and skills coaching to an online setting to keep progress practical and grounded.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
California, North Carolina
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship tension, trauma, addiction issues, and related concerns listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and practical. She focuses on listening, clarifying goals, and trying specific strategies between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience working with people managing stress, loss, mood problems, and life transitions.
What are her professional credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California and North Carolina and practices from North Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time according to the service terms.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling your first session.
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