About Jessica
Jessica Charbonneau is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand each person's story. Her approach centers on practical steps that fit real life.
She emphasizes strengths and small changes that add up over time. With 24 years of experience, Jessica draws on several evidence-informed approaches. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people focus on valued actions, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns.
Background and approach
Client-Centered Therapy guides how she hears people, and Mindfulness Therapy adds tools to reduce reactivity. In sessions she works together with the person to set realistic goals and try manageable strategies. Conversations often include learning new ways to cope, practicing small behavioral shifts, and noticing what matters most.
She helps people apply skills between meetings so progress continues outside the session. Jessica also supports people facing caregiver strain, aging and geriatric concerns, hospice and end-of-life issues, and workplace stress. She addresses eating and money worries, guilt or shame, and challenges tied to mood or personality differences.
First responder stress and intellectual disability are among other areas she has worked with. Jessica holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) in New York. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Her style is steady and practical, focused on helping each person move toward a more manageable life. Background and approach: Over two decades of practice have shaped a straightforward, collaborative style. She meets people where they are and maps out small, concrete steps.
The work is paced to the individual and grounded in real-world problem solving, not jargon or abstract theory.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when feelings are difficult. Online sessions can focus on identifying values, building committed actions, and practicing brief exercises between meetings to keep progress moving.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks down problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns. Over video or phone, this can include thought records, behavior experiments, and guided skill practice that are reviewed together in follow-up messages or live chat.
Client-Centered Therapy frames the work around being heard and understood, with the therapist offering empathy and reflection. That supportive stance can be effective in real time through video or by using text-based messaging for check-ins when a shorter contact fits the day.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals and preferences. That might mean combining acceptance strategies with cognitive skill work or emphasizing mindfulness exercises for stress relief.
Online formats offer flexibility: video calls for deeper conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or camera use is a concern, live chat for brief check-ins, and text messaging for ongoing practice and reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different ways of connecting until the right fit is found.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating and food-related issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English