About Jessica
Jessica Griggs is a licensed clinical social worker in Tennessee with ten years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. Jessica also addresses compassion fatigue and related caregiver strains.
She approaches clients with respect, sensitivity, and a calm presence. Her background includes a decade of clinical work in varied settings. That experience shaped a straightforward, practical style.
Sessions are tailored to each person's needs rather than following a fixed script.
Background and approach
Jessica listens first, then helps set clear, realistic steps to move forward. In conversation she uses a blend of evidence-informed methods to fit the issue at hand. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns, try different responses, and build skills that make daily life easier.
For trauma-related concerns she uses approaches designed to reduce distress and improve coping. Jessica pays attention to how relationships and early attachments affect present struggles. She also works with issues like body image, abandonment fears, forgiveness, and guilt.
Communication problems, commitment worries, and family of origin concerns are addressed with practical strategies and focused conversation. Clients can expect collaborative planning and consistent, compassionate support. Jessica helps people set achievable goals and checks in on progress along the way.
Beginning therapy is described as a courageous step, and she aims to make that step feel manageable.
Approaches for online work and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting pulled into them, then commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and ongoing stress. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and how early bonds shape current connection and trust. It can help with relationship concerns, abandonment fears, and family of origin issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they pick or blend methods that fit the issue and the person’s style of coping.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a session needs to fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, processing between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English