About Jessica
Jessica Hackett-Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting, and ADHD. She uses clear, practical techniques to help people manage everyday overwhelm and address hard experiences. Jessica offers direct, calm guidance and keeps sessions focused on what matters most for each person.
Jessica has worked in mental health since 2004 and brings 13 years in roles that include counseling across age ranges.
Background and approach
Her background includes behavior-focused work and counseling for depression, anxiety, bereavement, and trauma. That experience shapes how she notices patterns and suggests manageable changes. In sessions she talks through real-life routines and moments that cause struggle.
She offers behavior-oriented strategies and parenting ideas that can be tried between meetings. Conversations are practical and paced to fit a busy family schedule. Jessica pays attention to how stress shows up day to day and helps people break problems into small steps.
She also addresses feelings like guilt, shame, isolation, and difficulties with forgiveness. Her style aims to reduce pressure and build useful coping skills. People can expect options for video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Jessica works from Pennsylvania and conducts sessions in English.
Practical approaches for online therapy and ADHD-related struggles
Jessica often uses behavior-focused techniques that look at daily routines and specific actions. These methods map out how habits and environments affect behavior and then suggest small, concrete changes to reduce stress and improve focus. They can help with parenting strategies and managing ADHD-related challenges.She also draws on counseling approaches that address trauma, grief, and emotional patterns. These involve talking through difficult experiences, noticing triggers, and building steps to feel more steady day to day. Such work can be useful for anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and feelings of shame or isolation.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and life demands. Together they will try strategies, see what helps, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, and caregiving schedules.
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- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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