About Jessica
Dr. Jessica Curd is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Indiana who helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, ADHD, LGBT concerns, relationship strain, parenting stress, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, depression, coaching, and compassion fatigue. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Her tone is warm and straightforward, aimed at people who want clear guidance and steady support. Dr. Curd uses conversation, problem-solving, and skills practice to help people manage symptoms and handle daily challenges.
Background and approach
Sessions often include setting short-term goals and practicing new ways to cope between meetings. She pays attention to how life events, attachments, and past losses shape current reactions. Her background includes a PhD in social work and 19 years of clinical experience.
She draws on multiple ways of working, including client-centered approaches, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, emotionally-focused methods, and existential perspectives. These inform how she helps people sort priorities and find what fits for them. People who reach out can expect a collaborative process that balances listening with practical tools.
Dr. Curd writes that she values honesty and a nonjudgmental space where feelings can be shared and tested. She also notes interests outside of work, like hiking, running, camping, travel, and creative writing.
Therapy with her is aimed at making everyday life more manageable and meaningful. Sessions tend to emphasize clear steps, manageable assignments between meetings, and steady support while change unfolds.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and responding to each person's unique concerns; online sessions follow the same pattern with the therapist reflecting what matters most and helping clients set personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; in telehealth this often means trying practical exercises during sessions and assigning short between-session tasks. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings concrete skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, which can be practiced together on a video call or reviewed via messaging between meetings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, then suggest methods to try. The plan can be adjusted as progress is made so therapy stays relevant and manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to send quick updates, ask brief questions, or work through short exercises between sessions. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit into work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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