About Jessica
Jessica Wansley meets people where they are and focuses on what matters today. She writes plainly about change and offers steady, practical support for stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, parenting strain, and other concerns. Jessica is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in Tennessee with 20 years of experience.
Her style is interactive and straightforward. Sessions are built around honest conversation and concrete steps you can try between meetings.
Background and approach
She pays attention to feelings, behavior, and the stories people tell about themselves so problems feel more manageable over time. Jessica blends several approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses client-centered methods to help people feel heard.
She brings cognitive behavioral ideas to shift unhelpful thinking and patterns. Trauma-focused and narrative tools are added when past events need careful attention. She also offers practical help for issues such as abandonment wounds, attachment struggles, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, codependency, and communication problems.
Work can include setting boundaries, improving day-to-day routines, and learning skills to handle intense emotions. Jessica aims to craft a plan that fits the individual rather than applying a fixed formula. Progress is treated as step-by-step work, and goals are adjusted as needed.
She welcomes clients who want clear guidance paired with a respectful, genuine approach.
Approach-focused online therapy that meets you where you are
Client-centered therapy emphasizes your own goals and priorities. The therapist listens closely and helps shape sessions around what you say matters most, making sure your experiences guide the work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and small behavior changes you can practice; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress.The choice of method is part of the journey. Jessica will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches fit their needs and preferences. That may mean starting with client-centered work, adding cognitive strategies, or bringing in trauma-focused or narrative elements when past events need careful attention.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more convenient. Video calls are good for a deeper conversational session, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat provides a shorter check-in, and messaging lets people share thoughts between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep the focus on steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English