About Jessica
Jessica Skinner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has practiced for about 15 years in Texas. She combines practical therapy methods with a down-to-earth style. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she meets people by video, phone, chat, or text.
She studied social welfare at the University of California at Berkeley and completed a Master of Social Work at Columbia University. Jessica has held a Texas LCSW since 2006 and has worked as a psychotherapist since 2008.
Background and approach
Those years of practice shape how she structures sessions and sets goals with each person. Her approach is straightforward and goal-oriented. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people notice thoughts and try different actions.
She also uses Client-Centered and Psychodynamic ideas when exploring patterns and personal history. Jessica helps people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and major life changes. She also supports those facing parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, mood disorders, postpartum depression, and career or self-esteem issues.
Additional focus areas include blended family issues, fertility challenges, and multicultural concerns. In sessions she balances practical skill-building with attention to life story. People can expect clear, collaborative planning and steps they can try between appointments.
The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
How approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person from their point of view and building sessions around their priorities. This approach helps when someone needs a listening space and guidance that follows their pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing out new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, panic, depression, and managing strong emotions by using concrete exercises and homework between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust plans together with the client. This collaborative way helps match methods to the issue and the person’s preferences.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and work well for focused check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, coping tools, and shorter conversations between longer sessions. Together these options offer flexibility for different needs and schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Spanish