About Jessica
Jessica Benash is a licensed clinical social worker in Wisconsin with 18 years of experience. She offers a calm, straightforward presence for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, or the daily challenges of ADHD. Her style is warm and interactive, and she focuses on practical steps clients can use right away.
She has worked in residential treatment, day programs, and outpatient settings. That variety shaped how she tailors sessions to each person's situation.
Background and approach
She also teaches in a university social work department, which keeps her thinking about fresh ideas and current practices. Jessica blends client-centered and solution-focused ways of working with cognitive behavioral techniques. That looks like listening first, then testing small changes and noticing what shifts.
She helps people name negative thought patterns and try new behaviors to reduce stress and improve functioning. Trauma-informed care is a part of her work with people who have experienced physical or emotional abuse. She also supports those facing grief, caregiver strain, chronic illness or pain, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
Jessica pays attention to strengths and builds on what is already working in a person’s life. Sessions aim to be practical and goal-oriented while remaining compassionate. She encourages steady steps and normalizes that change takes courage.
Her approach is collaborative and guided by the needs each person brings into the room.
How Jessica’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy begins by following the person's lead and building a respectful relationship. In practice this means sessions start with the client’s priorities and Jessica shapes the work around what matters now. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and manage daily tasks. Those tools are useful for stress, ADHD-related challenges, and mood concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Jessica collaborates with each person to pick methods that match goals and comfort level. Together they try small steps, check what helps, and adjust the plan as needed rather than committing to a single method up front.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions work well for a full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits into a busy day. Live chat or text messaging can support brief updates, coaching moments, or ongoing accountability between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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